Tal Bruttmann - Auschwitz : l'image comme source

The Visual History of the Holocaust. Tal Bruttmann presents his book "Auschwitz: The Image as a Source" published by Seuil Shoah Memorial. Interview with Nicolas Patin. Find the book: https://www.mollat.com/livres/3270743... The book by Tal Bruttmann and Christophe Kucklick deconstructs the famous "Lili Jacob Album," a collection of 197 photographs taken at Auschwitz by two SS men in 1944. The historian explains that these images, often used as simple illustrations, are in reality fundamental and biased historical sources, having been used in a report on Nazi activity. The album is a private copy, a "trophy" from the head of the camp's photo lab, commissioned to demonstrate the success of the deportation of Jews from Hungary. By analyzing these photos, the book reveals Nazi propaganda. The images are designed to demonstrate the "mastery" of the SS and the supposed passivity of the victims. Violence is absent, and "picnic" scenes are staged a few meters from the gas chambers, with the aim of demeaning the victims and reinforcing the myth of the Jew allowing himself to be led "like a sheep to the slaughter." The historian also highlights the importance of the materiality of the album and the photos in understanding the context of their production. They are not a simple report, but an official document intended for the Nazi hierarchy. Analysis of visual details, such as the presence of workers from the German company Rean near the convoys, helps us understand that Auschwitz was not an isolated place, but an open place known to many civilians. The book also focuses on the victims' gaze, through gestures of defiance such as "sticking out their tongues" at the photographer, an unmanly gesture of resistance that has often escaped analysis. This archaeology of images allows us to place the facts in a global historical perspective and to question our own way of seeing and understanding photographs. The author emphasizes the importance of not being satisfied with what we see, but of questioning the nature, intention, and context of each photographic document. 00:00 Introduction by the moderator 02:54 Why should we be interested in Auschwitz today? 05:04 The images in Lili Jacob's album are historical sources 11:22 Where did Lili Jacob's album come from? 15:52 The album published, but without context 19:15 The album: a document at the crossroads of history and sociology 26:47 Who commissioned this album and why was it created? 31:18 The album's context: the Final Solution in Hungary in 1944 37:38 The album's objective: an activity report 40:54 The symbolism of the "picnic" photographs 44:07 Gestures of resistance that elude analysis 48:26 Auschwitz is not an island: the outsider's perspective 54:37 Conclusion of the interview Music note: © mollat Subtitles automatically generated in French by YouTube. Visit the website: http://www.mollat.com/ Follow the Mollat ​​bookstore on social media: Instagram:   / librairie_mollat   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Librairie.mo... Twitter:   / librairiemollat   Linkedin:   / votre-libraire-mollat   Pinterest:   / librairiemollat   Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/mollat WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...