Should be of great interest to the archival community because the essays focus on the scholarly debates surrounding visual archival records that document the Holocaust as well as some of the related controversies . . . . [ I]t is reassuring and invigorating to witness many of the scholars extolling the value and potential of [ such] records. * ARCHIVARIA * Adds another substantial document to analyses of visual representations of the Holocaust. * BIOGRAPHY * Has the feel of an intense seminar. . . . What emerges from these essays is a fresh look at the canon of Holocaust representation, and therefore a new appreciation for what is seen, and how memory shapes our attempt to salvage something from the ashes. -- Michael Berenbaum * JOURNAL FOR GENOCIDE STUDIES * Innovative approaches to one of the most difficult issues in German film and visual culture. * H-NET REVIEWS * An important contribution . . . . These essays transcend the anxieties surrounding Holocaust representation that began with Adorno's aesthetic interdiction and are attuned to the fruitful possibilities of analyzing the production and reception of Holocaust imagery. * SHOFAR * A welcome, well-wrought contribution to the scholarship about how we deal with traumatic events, ethically, poetically, visually, and aurally. * GERMAN QUARTERLY * An excellent collection of essays which, without exception, are informative, well researched, reasonably argued, and lucidly written. * GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW * Seeks to explore recent debate . . ., bringing together a range of essays on the theory and practice of visual representation of the Shoah. At the heart of this collection is inevitably the vexed issue of the Bilderverbot, the much-spoken-about 'unspeakability' of the Holocaust. * MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW * The strength of this volume lies in its wealth of materials and the diverse fields of study which it informs. It is theoretically astute and generously illustrated . . . thus making for a highly inspiring read. . . . [ A]n essential sourcebook for scholars, graduate and undergraduate students in Holocaust and Visual Studies . . . . * MONATSHEFTE *
