Planet Auschwitz: Holocaust Representation in Science Fiction and Horror Film and Television [Paperback]

Planet Auschwitzexplores the diverse ways in which the Holocaust influences and shapes science fiction and horror film and television by focusing on notable contributions from the last fifty years. The supernatural and extraterrestrial are rich and complex spaces with which to examine important Holocaust themes - trauma, guilt, grief, ideological fervor and perversion, industrialized killing, and the dangerous afterlife of Nazism after World War II.Planet Auschwitzexplores why the Holocaust continues to set the standard for horror in the modern era and asks if the Holocaust is imaginable here on Earth, at least by those who perpetrated it, why not in a galaxy far, far away?  The pervasive use of Holocaust imagery and plotlines in horror and science fiction reflects both our preoccupation with its enduring trauma and our persistent need to “work through” its many legacies.

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 Planet Auschwitzexplores how the Holocaust has influenced science fiction and horror film and television. These genres explore important Holocaust themes - trauma, guilt, grief, ideological fervor and perversion, industrialized killing, and the dangerous afterlife of Nazism after World War II.
 Brian E. Crim is professor of history at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia, and author ofOur Germans: ProjectPaperclip and the National Security StateandAntisemitism in the German Military Community and the Jewish Response, 1914-1938.Contents
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Introduction
1          From Muselmann to “Walker”: Holocaust Imagery in the Zombie Genre               
2          Silent Screams: Representing Trauma and Grief in