TY  - GEN
A1  - Kay, Alex J.
T1  - Speaking the unspeakable
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Philosophische Reihe
N2  - This article discusses the filmic representation of the infamous Wannsee Conference, when fifteen senior German officials met at a villa on the shore of a Berlin lake to discuss and co-ordinate the implementation of the so-called final solution to the Jewish question. The understanding reached during the course of the ninety-minute meeting cleared the way for the Europe-wide killing of six million Jews. The article sets out to answer the principal challenge facing anyone attempting to recreate the Wannsee Conference on film: what was the atmosphere of this conference and the attitude of the participants? Moreover, it discusses various ethical aspects related to the portrayal of evil, not in actions but in words, using the medium of film. In doing so, it focuses on the BBC/HBO television film Conspiracy (2001), directed by Frank Pierson, probing its historical accuracy and discussing its artistic credibility.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe - 162 
KW  - Nazi Germany
KW  - Wannsee conference
KW  - Jewish question
KW  - Holocaust
KW  - film
Y1  - 2019
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/43423
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-434230
SN  - 1866-8380
IS  - 162
ER  -