The Invisible Jews in August Froehlich’s “Nazi Death Parade” (1944): An Early American Sequential Narrative Attempt to Visualize the Final Stages of the Holocaust

TY - CHAP

T1 - The Invisible Jews in August Froehlich’s “Nazi Death Parade” (1944)

T2 - An Early American Sequential Narrative Attempt to Visualize the Final Stages of the Holocaust

AU - Ribbens, C R

PY - 2021/8

Y1 - 2021/8

N2 - In this article I focus on an early but as yet unknown comic strip rendition of the last phase of the Holocaust which was produced in 1944 under the title ‘Nazi Death Parade’ by August M. Froehlich in an American pamphlet expressing the indignation at the many atrocities committed in previous years by the Nazis in Europe, which at the time was still largely occupied. In a relatively short narrative, the creator tried to illustrate the industrial murder process in the extermination camps on the basis of eyewitness accounts. The comic was in accordance with the ambition of the editors of this publication to make the American public aware of the nature and extent of the criminal intentions and activities of the Nazis who, in their view, should not remain unpunished.Central to this contribution is the question of what view was given of the Holocaust in this comic strip and in what context this visual representation was expressed. In addition, the question arises to what extent we can say something about the way in which this comic representation relates to later comics about this genocide.

AB - In this article I focus on an early but as yet unknown comic strip rendition of the last phase of the Holocaust which was produced in 1944 under the title ‘Nazi Death Parade’ by August M. Froehlich in an American pamphlet expressing the indignation at the many atrocities committed in previous years by the Nazis in Europe, which at the time was still largely occupied. In a relatively short narrative, the creator tried to illustrate the industrial murder process in the extermination camps on the basis of eyewitness accounts. The comic was in accordance with the ambition of the editors of this publication to make the American public aware of the nature and extent of the criminal intentions and activities of the Nazis who, in their view, should not remain unpunished.Central to this contribution is the question of what view was given of the Holocaust in this comic strip and in what context this visual representation was expressed. In addition, the question arises to what extent we can say something about the way in which this comic representation relates to later comics about this genocide.

KW - Holocaust

KW - Comics

KW - graphic novels

KW - visual culture

KW - Visualization

U2 - 10.7767/9783205210672.133

DO - 10.7767/9783205210672.133

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9783205210658

T3 - Schriften des Centrums für Jüdische Studien

SP - 133

EP - 165

BT - Beyond MAUS

A2 - Frahm, Ole

A2 - Hahn, Hans-Joachim

A2 - Streb, Markus

PB - Böhlau Verlag

CY - Vienna

ER -