Theater of Cruelty

second World War

Personal and impressionistic war pictures

NORWEGIAN GAME FILM: 83-year-old Knut Erik Jensen is back with Longing for the present. A film that does not fit neatly into the ranks of modern Norwegian blockbusters about the Second World War.
Aleksander Huser -

The whistleblower of the Holocaust

World War II: Two people met on the train between Warsaw and Berlin….
Arne Ruth -

A powerful and different beast

HOLOCAUST: The Painted Bird is a powerful and disturbing film that depicts a young boy's cruel experiences in Eastern Europe during World War II.
Aleksander Huser -

Brave soldiers and lost system criticism

cinema Relevant The Outpost confirms the turn American war films have taken from system criticism of the hero cult.
Aleksander Huser -

The lie of our time

ORIENTERING APRIL 11, 1970: April 9 was a result of the Norwegian officer corps' remission policy and nasal admiration for Hitler-Germany and all it stood for, says Major Svein Blindheim in this interview.
erling@nytid.com -

About experiencing earthquakes between two book binders

ORIENTERING 9 AUGUST 1969
singur@nytid.com -

Selfies from the Holocaust

The Austerlitz documentary observes the hordes of people visiting the German concentration camps, as if they were any tourist attraction.
Aleksander Huser -

The confessions of an apolitical girl

Goebbels' self-proclaimed apolitical secretary tells his version of historical events. The result is an important document for posterity, but is this all we need?
Hans-Georg Kohler -

The Witnesses write

A writing course for the elderly offers constant surprises, a fearless clarity and concise, precise wording. Ny Tid reproduces here several texts from some of the most recent witnesses from World War II.
Hanne Ramsdal -

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