The Holocaust was one of the most photographed genocides of the twentieth century. Since 1945, images from the liberation of the camps were used as shaming and shocking instruments of visual denazification. Many decades later, these icons are still used in educational contexts such as school textbooks, exhibitions, and documentaries and are presented almost exclusively as mere illustrations and not as independent sources. By approaching the image as a source, this contribution reflects on the different ways of looking at and seeing Holocaust photography. By moving from a purely emotional and illustrative approach to a more integrated visual approach, the complex dynamics underlying the Holocaust and the timeless mechanisms of totalitarianism (victimization, perpetration, and implication) can be better understood.
In dit artikel wordt stilgestaan bij het complex samenspel van (f)actoren, met in het bijzonder aandacht voor psychische stoornissen, in het tot stand komen van extremistisch geweld en hoe deze in verhouding tot de intentie tot het plegen van dergelijk geweld kunnen worden begrepen. Via een complexiteitsbenadering en met inclusie van forensisch gedragswetenschappelijke kennis wordt zo een meer systemische kijk op het ontstaan van extremistisch geweld aangereikt.
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