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Provocative Holocaust Doc ‘Austerlitz’ Forces Us to Reconsider What It Really Means to Remember

Written by Dan Schindel

Sep 15, 2016
∙ Paid
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Austerlitz is an hour and a half of static shots of people walking about a concentration camp. They listen to audio devices or tour guides. They chat with one another. They look at points of interest. They take breaks to drink from their water bottles. They snap pictures of themselves, their friends and family and the camp — so many pictures. They treat…

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