The film Denial focuses on the legal battle between a professor, Deborah Lipstadt, and World War II historian, David Irving. The battle started when Professor Lipstadt included Mr. Irving in her book about Holocaust deniers. Mr. Irving then stands up and boldly accuses her of libel in front of the crowd. Irritated about the issue, he takes the issue to the level of legal action. Instead of accepting the plea deal, Professor Lipstadt decided to fight the accusations and prove that the holocaust actually happened. In this case, Mr. Irving decides to represent himself while she consulted a legal crew. Preparing for their defense, they put together evidence by touring Auschwitz death camp in Poland. However, shortly after the defense began putting
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This also ties with the class because the holocaust is representative of how inequality was present throughout the human race during this time. People were discriminated against for race, religion, gender, and anything that separated them from the norms of society. In class, we talked about how women began to demand rights because they were not given the equal opportunity to work as men. Women were also paid at a much lower wage than men. Another issue that was huge around the time was sexual freedom. At the beginning of the 20th century, birth control was classified as an illegal substance and it was even against the law to talk about it in general. Similar to the inequality faced by the women, Jewish people were frowned upon by Hitler and the Nazi's. They were forced to do free labor, live in poor conditions, and their food portions were also rationed. Even before they were sent to Jewish camps, members of the Jewish community living in Nazi Germany were forced to have their identification stamped with a J to identify them as a Jew. They were also given certain times where they were allowed to leave the house and visitation was often limited. In many way's the Jew's were discriminated against relate to the same conditions that the "New Woman" fought to improve throughout the Progressive
This also ties with the class because the holocaust is representative of how inequality was present throughout the human race during this time. People were discriminated against for race, religion, gender, and anything that separated them from the norms of society. In class, we talked about how women began to demand rights because they were not given the equal opportunity to work as men. Women were also paid at a much lower wage than men. Another issue that was huge around the time was sexual freedom. At the beginning of the 20th century, birth control was classified as an illegal substance and it was even against the law to talk about it in general. Similar to the inequality faced by the women, Jewish people were frowned upon by Hitler and the Nazi's. They were forced to do free labor, live in poor conditions, and their food portions were also rationed. Even before they were sent to Jewish camps, members of the Jewish community living in Nazi Germany were forced to have their identification stamped with a J to identify them as a Jew. They were also given certain times where they were allowed to leave the house and visitation was often limited. In many way's the Jew's were discriminated against relate to the same conditions that the "New Woman" fought to improve throughout the Progressive