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Teaching Schindler’s List:
Fact, Fiction and Film in Remembering the Holocaust
Student Edition
Based on a book, Holocaust as Horror by:
Caroline (Kay) Picart, Florida State
David Frank, U. of Oregon A short article is forthcoming with Film
and History.
Schindler’s List’s “Realism”
How “real” does Schindler’s List seem?Why does it “look” so real?
Answers:1._______________________________________________________________________________________________.2._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
The BilderverbotCan you think of any objections on moral or aesthetic grounds to how Schindler’s List visualized the Holocaust?
Answer:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Key QuestionWho is the “monster” in Schindler’s List? What makes this character monstrous?
Answers:Character:_______________________Why is this character monstrous?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Two Key Scenes: Describe them briefly, both in terms
of content and form.The shower scene at Auschwitz
The seduction-turned-torture of Helen Hirsch by Amon Goeth
The Shower Scene in SLWhose gaze do we share?How do we know this?
Answer:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Schindler’s List and Psycho
Can you see any similarities between the shower scene in Psycho and the one in Schindler’s List?
Answers:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Key QuestionWhich two stereotypes are illustrated particularly in the scene where Goeth hovers around Helen Hirsch?
Answer:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Law and CrimeHow are law and crime depicted in Schindler’s List?What cinematic conventions are used to code the “good German” (Schindler) vs. the “bad German” (Goeth)?
Answers:1._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.2._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Discussion QuestionsCompare Schindler’s List’s holocaust narrative with Shoah. Do the comparisons both in terms of content and film form. Choose one scene from each film to back up your comparison.Comment on how Spielberg and Kingsley interact re. representing the Holocaust in Survivors of the Holocaust (Steven Spielberg and Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation).
Answers:1._______________________________________________________________________________________________.2._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.