The XX Factor : Herman Rosenblat, Angel at the Fence, Shoah

Once More, With Subtitles

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:58:00 GMT

Ben , your response to my defense of Herman Rosenblat made me think that maybe my post was itself too inaccessible, so let me be clearer: My point wasn't that films about the Holocaust have been made in other countries, too. (Duh.) It was that the impulse...(read more)

The Holocaust, Hollywood Style

Juliet Lapidos — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:59:00 GMT

Here's a guest post from Ben Crair, an assistant editor at The Daily Beast who wrote an article for Slate this week on Hollywood Holocaust films. I hoped that my article on Holocaust film would provoke some discussion, and now that some XX Factor contributors...(read more)

Lies, Damn Lies, and Memoirs

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:17:00 GMT

I'm having a hard time summoning a lot of outrage over the story of Herman Rosenblat, the Holocaust survivor who reimagined his stay in a subcamp of Buchenwald. In his (now canceled) and unfortunately subtitled memoir, Angel at the Fence: The True Story...(read more)