Holocaust & Pornography in Israel ( Stalags ) ( Holocaust and Pornography in Israel )

Holocaust & Pornography in Israel (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Stalags
Alternate Title: Holocaust and Pornography in Israel
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Hebrew ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
63 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Israel ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Ari Libsker

Written By:
Ari Libsker

Actors:
Ari Libsker

Synopsis:

In early-1960s Israel pornographic, possibly anti-Semitic novels that detailed sensational tales of the torture and rape of male concentration camp prisoners by curvaceous female Nazi guards rapidly rose from marginal pulp reading to mass-market popularity. Ari Libsker's documentary "Stalags" is named for these pocket-size books, which were written under American pseudonyms in a style that suggested translation. (They were in fact done in Hebrew by Israeli writers, some of whom appear on screen.) The film examines the rise and fall of this short-lived craze and the doors it opened for discussing the Holocaust, a previously hush-hush subject in Israel. The film also considers possible inspirations for the Stalags, from the 1961 trial of the high-ranking Nazi Adolf Eichmann, which exposed sexual abuse within concentration camps, to the works of K. Tzetnik, a Holocaust historian or fabricator, depending on whom you ask. (His books recounted similar atrocities.)

Stalags were pocket books whose plots revealed lusty female SS officers sexually abusing camp prisoners. During the 1960s, parallel to the trial held against Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, sales of this pornographic literature broke all records in Israel and hundreds of thousands of copies were sold at kiosks. The popularity of the Stalags only declined after a much-reported trial, in which their authors were accused of distributing anti-Semitic pornography. This film examines the notorious phenomenon, exposing the creators of this genre for the first time. It posits that the combination of pornography and the Holocaust also appears in canonic Holocaust litrature and continues to be a widespread part of the representation of the Holocaust in Israel today.

Documentary. Examines the phenomenon of 'Stalag' novels, a genre of pornographic fiction which emerged in Israel in the early 1960s and described the sexual abuse of male prisoners by female Nazi officers.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 13 June, 2011.

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