Resumen de De Ohrdruf a Auschwitz: un imaginario para el mal
Uncovering the extreme violence in Nazi concentration camps through images was a turning point in the history of the portrayal of the West. The film images of the liberation from these camps are enshrined in the Allied forces’ campaign to “educate” the world in the criminal truth of the Nazis. The evolution of society through the passage of time has held up these images for critical judgement, with disregard to the radical nature of its commitment and the climate of the times. The analysis, Memory of the Camps (S. Bernstein, 1945-85) is a useful starting point with which to analyse the dependable characteristics of the liberation images, put the radicalism of its intentions into context and to study the origins of the representative tradition that claimed to recognise the deep-rooted evilness of the Nazi concentration camps.
