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Images that conjure up the Holocaust appear frequently in works of German SF. The article examines three novels, their uses of Holocaust imagery and how they deal with our ethical responsibility towards the Event and its survivors.

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The Holocaust is the most significant event in my lifetime and its representations are manifold. I have spent much time pondering the consequences, purpose and significance of Holocaust imagery, particularly in German SF. On the one hand, I am concerned about the ease with which the Event is appropriated in popular culture while, on the other, I am fascinated by the question "Who owns the Holocaust?" Articles such as the one below raises more questions than it finds answers to, but it is one of many necessary steps in a process to find our way in a moral crisis that just won't go away.

Vibeke R Petersen
Drake University

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This page is a summary of: What is the Holocaust doing in German Science Fiction?, Extrapolation, January 2014, Liverpool University Press,
DOI: 10.3828/extr.2014.13.
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