In 1996, American academic and writer Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) was accused of libel by British World War II historian David Irving (Timothy Spall) after being labelled as a “liar and falsifier of history” in her book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory, which significantly ruined his professional reputation and career as a result. Due to the British legal system, pressure is placed on Lipstadt and her legal team to prove the truth of the Holocaust.
The 2016 film Denial addresses the issue of Holocaust denial (rejecting the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust during World War II) through the variations of different contextual perspectives, commonly known as contestability. These contextual perspectives are influenced …show more content…
Both performances were very engaging and yet informed the audience of both Lipstadt’s willingness to debate the truth of the Holocaust and Irving’s determination to prove that the Holocaust was a lie (despite the fact that Irving was utterly wrong), particularly during the press conference scene where Irving and Lipstadt were both willing to debate about the Holocaust in front of the press. Although both performances were engaging and informing, it raises the concern that both performances by Weisz and Spall may have potentially been over exaggerated in order to increase interest for the …show more content…
The widespread systematic genocide of over six million jews left physical and psychological trauma, not limited to but including post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), on the Jews, the perpetrators and the bystanders between 1933 and 1945. The events of the Holocaust influenced surrounding countries’ perspectives of Germany and increased the contestability of the Holocaust as it continued to gain more recognition around the world. Continuously as the Holocaust gradually becomes more widespread, the contestability of the event increases. Every person has their own unique context shaping their own unique views on the Holocaust, causing open debates between individuals as a result. Besides from influencing perspectives of others, the Holocaust portrays itself as a real life example in that we should not become complacent when the government treats its citizens without respect or
The 2016 film Denial addresses the issue of Holocaust denial (rejecting the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust during World War II) through the variations of different contextual perspectives, commonly known as contestability. These contextual perspectives are influenced …show more content…
Both performances were very engaging and yet informed the audience of both Lipstadt’s willingness to debate the truth of the Holocaust and Irving’s determination to prove that the Holocaust was a lie (despite the fact that Irving was utterly wrong), particularly during the press conference scene where Irving and Lipstadt were both willing to debate about the Holocaust in front of the press. Although both performances were engaging and informing, it raises the concern that both performances by Weisz and Spall may have potentially been over exaggerated in order to increase interest for the …show more content…
The widespread systematic genocide of over six million jews left physical and psychological trauma, not limited to but including post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), on the Jews, the perpetrators and the bystanders between 1933 and 1945. The events of the Holocaust influenced surrounding countries’ perspectives of Germany and increased the contestability of the Holocaust as it continued to gain more recognition around the world. Continuously as the Holocaust gradually becomes more widespread, the contestability of the event increases. Every person has their own unique context shaping their own unique views on the Holocaust, causing open debates between individuals as a result. Besides from influencing perspectives of others, the Holocaust portrays itself as a real life example in that we should not become complacent when the government treats its citizens without respect or