Germany 1945 - Views of War and Violence

Informationen zum Autor Dagmar Barnouw Klappentext In fact, argues Dagmar Barnouw, the photographs from this period tell a more complex story and hold many clues for a better understanding of the recent German past. Zusammenfassung Photographers from the US Army's Signal Corps were with the armies that drove back Hitler's troops. Soon photos of death camps and starving POWs shocked the home front, giving ample evidence of Nazi brutality. This work argues that the photographs tell a more complex story and hold many clues for a better understanding of the recent German past. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction: Views of War and Violence 1. Views of the Past: Memory and Historical Evidence 2. To Make Them See: Photography, Identification, and Identity 3. The Quality of Citory and the "German Question": The Signal Corps Photography Album and Life Photo-Essays 4. What They Saw: Germany 1945 and Allied Photographers 5. Words and Images: German Questions Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Dagmar Barnouw, Barnouw Dagmar
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2008
• EAN: 9780253220431
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22043-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Indiana University Press; Indiana University Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Fotografie, Deutschland, Europäische Geschichte, Photography, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), HISTORY / Military / World War II, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photoessays & Documentaries