Fixiert : fotografische Quellen zur Verfolgung und Ermordung der Juden in Europa : eine pädagogische Handreichung

Discusses the difficulty of dealing with photos which are considered an incorruptible reflection of reality, but actually are the result of choice, and thus of manipulation. The startling "invisibility" of photos in the context of historical study are ascribed to the fact that these photos are used too often as illustrations. While sources can be interrogated, illustrations only emphasize perceptions known from other origins. The current study analyzes five series of photos on the annihilation of European Jewry, in order to provide students and visitors to the memorial site of Wannsee with tools for the analysis of photos. Focuses on series, the context of which can be analyzed more precisely than single images. Each photograph is sorted chronologically and presented together with the other pictures of the series; each picture is analyzed in detail, and contrasted with sources from another provenance, indicating the complexity and multiperspectivity of historical transmission. Concludes with photos which show the present state of the sites. 1. Auflage. 61 pages : photographs (some color) ; 25 cm