Marginalising the marginal in holocaust films : fictional representations of jewish policeman Brown, Adam 2009, Marginalising the marginal in holocaust films : fictional representations of jewish policeman, Limina : a journal of historical and cultural studies, vol. 15, pp. 1-10. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Marginalising the marginal in holocaust films : fictional representations of jewish policeman Author(s) Brown, Adam orcid.org/0000-0003-4669-1372 Journal name Limina : a journal of historical and cultural studies Volume number 15 Start page 1 End page 10 Total pages 10 Publisher University of Western Australia, Department of History Place of publication Nedlands, W.A. Publication date 2009-01-05 ISSN 1324-4558 Summary This paper explores the issue of how Jewish victims who occupied so-called 'privileged' positions during the Holocaust are represented in fictional films. Such figures, particularly Jewish policemen in the ghettos, may be seen to inhabit the 'marginal' in two ways, both in terms of the unprecedented ethical dilemmas they faced, and the relative lack of attention such figures have received. Taking Primo Levi's paradigmatic essay on the 'grey zone' as a point of departure, this paper analyses how Jewish policemen are represented in mainstream, 'Hollywood' fictional films, namely Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, in order to reveal that the narrative concerns of such works preclude any serious engagement with themes of moral ambiguity and 'compromise'. Attention will also be given to a more recent trend in the genre of Holocaust film that directly confronts these issues, nonetheless such films may themselves be viewed as marginalised due to their subject matter. Language eng Field of Research 210307 European History (excl British, Classical Greek and Roman) Socio Economic Objective 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, the Limina editorial collective Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30021490 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 08 Jan 2010, 13:56:43 EST Tue, 12 Jan 2010, 12:06:23 EST Tue, 12 Jan 2010, 12:08:37 EST Tue, 12 Jan 2010, 12:49:23 EST Fri, 22 Jul 2011, 14:18:12 EST Fri, 22 Jul 2011, 14:22:02 EST Tue, 22 Nov 2011, 10:57:23 EST Fri, 17 Feb 2012, 09:36:06 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 13:46:55 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 14:44:01 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1021 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 08 Jan 2010, 13:56:39 EST by Gabrielle Lamb