Holocaust pornography
Encyclopedia
Holocaust pornography, known also as "Stalag
porn", following the 1955 publication of the The House of Dolls
, functions at the extreme end of Jewish pornography.
However, as part of the Nazi exploitation
genre
, Holocaust porn is also made throughout Europe and North America, by Magnum Video (Italy) owned by Lions Gate, Videatrics and All American Video (US), Video City Video and others. The terror of the Holocaust is re-enacted in staged photographs and in films. The images and tapes, although grainy and black-and-white are clearly contemporary.
The combination of pornography and the Holocaust also appears in canonic Holocaust literature as an extreme part of its modern day representation. Thematically, Nazi exploitation genre can also be influenced by other so-called exploitative media, often called mondo film
s, which focus on gruesome death footage and other taboo
subject matter, such as the Faces of Death
series.
Stalag fiction
Stalag fiction was a short-lived genre of Israeli fiction Nazi exploitation that flourished in the early 1960s, at the time of the Eichmann Trial.-Premise:...
porn", following the 1955 publication of the The House of Dolls
The House of Dolls
The House of Dolls is a 1955 novella by Ka-tzetnik 135633. The novella describes "Joy Divisions", which were allegedly groups of Jewish women in the concentration camps during World War II who were kept for the sexual pleasure of Nazi soldiers....
, functions at the extreme end of Jewish pornography.
However, as part of the Nazi exploitation
Nazi exploitation
Nazi exploitation is a subgenre of exploitation film and sexploitation film that involves villainous Nazis committing criminal acts of a sexual nature often as camp or prison overseers in World War II settings...
genre
Genre
Genre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
, Holocaust porn is also made throughout Europe and North America, by Magnum Video (Italy) owned by Lions Gate, Videatrics and All American Video (US), Video City Video and others. The terror of the Holocaust is re-enacted in staged photographs and in films. The images and tapes, although grainy and black-and-white are clearly contemporary.
The combination of pornography and the Holocaust also appears in canonic Holocaust literature as an extreme part of its modern day representation. Thematically, Nazi exploitation genre can also be influenced by other so-called exploitative media, often called mondo film
Mondo film
A mondo film is an exploitation documentary film, sometimes resembling a pseudo-documentary, usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, and situations...
s, which focus on gruesome death footage and other taboo
Taboo
A taboo is a strong social prohibition relating to any area of human activity or social custom that is sacred and or forbidden based on moral judgment, religious beliefs and or scientific consensus. Breaking the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent by society...
subject matter, such as the Faces of Death
Faces of Death
Faces of Death is a 1978 mondo film which guides viewers through explicit scenes depicting a variety of ways to die and violent acts....
series.
See also
- Stalags: Holocaust and Pornography in IsraelStalags (film)Stalags is a 2007 documentary film produced by Barak Heymann and directed by Ari Libsker. The film examines the history of Stalags, pornography books that featured sexy female Nazi officers sexually abusing camp prisoners...
- Stalag fictionStalag fictionStalag fiction was a short-lived genre of Israeli fiction Nazi exploitation that flourished in the early 1960s, at the time of the Eichmann Trial.-Premise:...
- Exploitation filmExploitation filmExploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...