Perpetrator Studies Network

Bibliography

Thiemeyer, Thomas. “Zwischen Helden, Tätern und Opfern. Welchen Sinn deutsche, französische und englische Museen heute in den beiden Weltkriegen sehen” - 2014

How do museums display perpetrators and victims and deal with responsibility?

Tidhar, Lavie. A Man Lies Dreaming - 2014

Novel about an alternative reality in which Hitler is a poor private detective.

Timár, Andrea. “Dehumanization in Literature and the Figure of the Perpetrator” - 2021

Analysis of the relationship between dehumanization, perpetration and literature

Üngör, Uğur Ümit and Kjell Anderson. “From Perpetrators to Perpetration: Definitions, Typologies, and Processes.” (2020) - 2020

Introductory chapter on difference between perpetrators and perpetration

Van Alphen, Ernst. “Nazism in the Family Album: Christian Boltanski’s Sans Souci - 1999

Chapter exploring the familial gaze in Boltanski’s Nazi family photo albums

Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Feast of the Goat. - 2002

Historical novel about the dictatorship and assassination of Rafael Trujillo.

Verhoeven, Michael, dir. The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Mädchen) - 1990

Fictionalised depiction of Anna Rosmus’ research into her town’s Nazi past

Vermes, Timur. Look Who’s Back - 2014

Fictional, humorous German novel written from Hitler's perspective

von Trotta, Margarethe, dir. Hannah Arendt - 2012

A film on Hannah Arendt, focusing on her report on the Eichmann trials

Vonnegut, Kurt. “Mother Night” - 1962

Novel about the pre-trial confessions of a Nazi propaganda writer in 1961.