Open AccessÉtudier l’histoire et la mémoire de la Shoah à travers un film de fiction : La petite prairie aux bouleaux
Author(s) -
Christine Guimonnet
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
didactica historica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2297-7465
DOI - 10.33055/didacticahistorica.2019.005.01.57
Subject(s) - the holocaust , witness , art , film director , art history , humanities , historiography , history , movie theater , philosophy , archaeology , theology , linguistics
The Holocaust topic was first addressed as history, then as memory. It is now a school-tailored one. Yet teaching the Holocaust has changed over years, due to new school practices including going to Auschwitz-Birkenau, as well as historiographical changes or the use of witness’s accounts. To what extent does fiction make a sense? The filmmaker is herself a former Birkenau deportee and the character is the alias of Marceline LoridanIvens. As a consequence, studying this film leads to better understanding of Auschwitz-Birkenau history as a place, including the way visitors and witnesses grasp it.