Analysing Holocaust photography: the “Auschwitz Album”

The “Auschwitz album” photos are among the most iconic of Holocaust photographs, taken in Birkenau in 1944, during the deportation of the Hungarian Jews. While little is known about the album and the reason it was made, a thorough study of its 197 photos, highlights various insights not only as to the possible purpose of the album, but also into the “Final Solution” implemented in Auschwitz in the spring of 1944. Tal Bruttmann is a researcher with the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences sociales (EHESS), working on the various anti-Jewish policies implemented in France and on the Holocaust in Europe. He has published several books on the French administration role in the anti-Jewish policies during the Vichy period. His latest works are focused on Auschwitz and the Holocaust in Europe. This talk is based on his book analysing “Lili Jacob’s album” photos, Die fotografische Inszenierung des Verbrechens: Ein Album aus Auschwitz (with Christoph Kreutzmüller & Stefan Hördler). Please consider completing our feedback form after watching the webinar: forms.gle/51TWDfBnboMPBAP27