Photographing the Holocaust by Futurelearn
What insights do photos offer into histories of National Socialism and the Holocaust? Are they authentic sources, or ‘fake news’?
Course Highlights
- Apply historical knowledge to contemporary political challenges
- Assess photography as a source of information and tackle visual bias
- Compare photography by perpetrators and victims of violence and persecution
- Evaluate visual and written sources about National Socialism
- Explore the role of different media, including texts, images, art and immersive technologies in Holocaust commemoration and learning
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
3 Topics
How we “see” the Holocaust today
Photos of the Holocaust in Nazi Propaganda
Perpetrators take private photos...
3 Topics
Jewish Photos: A different view
Holocaust Photography as Defiance
Photography and Survival
3 Topics
The Public Life of Holocaust Photos after the War
After-Effects: Victim photos today
To See or Not to See?
Photographing the Holocaust
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