This dissertation will aim to provide a study into the representation of Nazi Perpetrators in Holocaust Narrative. This will be …show more content…
• With many critics condemning the aestheticization of horror, it is imperative to address the requirement of Perpetrator perspective through narrative representation. The fascination of dark human history requires an interpretation and re-creation for the mass interest in Holocaust history.
• Littell’s visually aggressive mechanisms bring these infamous sites to life. Through his Perpetrator the reader is privy to locations not available to the average tourist, he takes us into the barracks and the house of Höss at Auschwitz. Binet’s monologue takes the reader to the museums he visits and leaves the investigator within us needing to see for ourselves the colour of Heydrich’s Mercedes.
Chapter 2 – Creating Evil
• There has been much critical discussion on the compliance of Perpetrators during the Second World War and the implications this holds for an individual’s contribution. I will explore how the narratives represent these ideas and create characters who adhere to an expectation of Nazi