Cinematography of the Holocaust
Topographies of Persecution
December 7 and 8, 2025
Founded in 1992 at the Fritz Bauer Institute in Frankfurt by film historian Ronny Loewy, the "Cinematography of the Holocaust" is a well-researched, scholarly online database that makes available for an interested public films about the history and effects of the Holocaust. Initially postponed after Loewy's death, the tradition of an annual meeting was revived in 2023 by the DFF, the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History.
In 2025, the conference takes place at the Austrian Film Museum under the motto, "Space, Movement, and Memory: Topographies of Persecution in the Cinematography of the Holocaust." It thereby connects to a recent development in filmic examinations of the Holocaust that focuses more strongly on questions about forced displacement, migration, and the time period after the Shoah, foregrounding narrative dimensions related to space and movement. The conference's focus is also reflected in the film program. (Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Fabian Schmidt / Translation: Ted Fendt)
Introductions by Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann and Fabian Schmidt
With filmmaker Saralisa Volm in attendance on December 7, 2025
The conference is open to a limited number of pre-registered guest historians. Registration is required: fabian.schmidt@filmuniversitaet.de
Founded in 1992 at the Fritz Bauer Institute in Frankfurt by film historian Ronny Loewy, the "Cinematography of the Holocaust" is a well-researched, scholarly online database that makes available for an interested public films about the history and effects of the Holocaust. Initially postponed after Loewy's death, the tradition of an annual meeting was revived in 2023 by the DFF, the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History.
In 2025, the conference takes place at the Austrian Film Museum under the motto, "Space, Movement, and Memory: Topographies of Persecution in the Cinematography of the Holocaust." It thereby connects to a recent development in filmic examinations of the Holocaust that focuses more strongly on questions about forced displacement, migration, and the time period after the Shoah, foregrounding narrative dimensions related to space and movement. The conference's focus is also reflected in the film program. (Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Fabian Schmidt / Translation: Ted Fendt)
Introductions by Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann and Fabian Schmidt
With filmmaker Saralisa Volm in attendance on December 7, 2025
The conference is open to a limited number of pre-registered guest historians. Registration is required: fabian.schmidt@filmuniversitaet.de