Talk:List of Holocaust films
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[edit] A Very Special Wikipedia Article
Those of you who regularly surf the film list area of wikipedia are probalby familier with me by now. They might have guessed by interest in all things relating to the Second World War. Though I had had this list in mind for a while, I mad the decsion to create it very recently. I was reading the comments on Youtube for a video on the Holocaust here and I couldn't help but notice the prevalence of Holocaust revisionism, and relativism I found. Often occuring in the discussion, and on other anti-Semitic website, is the canard that the Holocaust is used by "Jewish Hollywood" to generate sympathy and support for the state of Israel. A passing look at the number and providence of Holocaust films made in the first 15 years after the fact should help dispel that myth, at least to my mind.--Dudeman5685 21:46, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The "a" is necessary
I use it to avoid re-directs to the highest column. Hence, without them, if you edit the 200s section for documentaries, you are re-directed to 2000s features after an edit.--Dudeman5685 19:18, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
- The "a" isn't necessary; it just makes it easier to edit. Article pages should be designed for the readers, not the editors. Most people, myself included, would be confused by the a in the section headers. They should be removed. --dm (talk) 19:53, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Great Dictator
I've removed the following
| Year | Country | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  United States |
The Great Dictator | Charles Chapin | Shows Persecution in the ghettos and unknowingly predicts the holocaust |
which was in a new section, the 1930s. Firstly, the film was made in 1940, so should be in the 1940s section if anywhere. Secondly, it doesn't deal specifically with the Holocaust, which was unknown at the time of its filming. What do other ppl think? Stick it in the 40s section, or leave it out altogether? Squiddy | (squirt ink?) 15:01, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
I say leave it out; when it was made the Final Solution hadn't even officialy begun yet. I'm glad more people are responding to this, and there is more discussion than the inane grammatical controversy above. I hoped it would fill a need. Looks like the hours of work I put into it have paid off.--Dudeman5685 04:31, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Book resources
I've just found a reference to a book which might be handy for anyone researching for this article, although it's a bit dated: I. Avisar, Screening the Holocaust: Cinema's Image of the Unimaginable, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1988. HTH, Squiddy | (squirt ink?) 15:46, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
