Poor memory

In recent years a remarkable popularity of counterfactual representations of National Socialism can be observed in various audiovisual media. They are characterized by the fact that the narrated events clearly and recognizably deviate from the historical events. Long a niche existence as B-movies and genre literature, they now reach a broad audience. The freedom shown by feature films like Inglourious Basterds (US 2009) or television series like The Man in the High Castle (US 2015-) in dealing with the past is opposed to the demands that determine the discussion about the cinematic representation of National Socialism: The design of counterfactual scenarios undermines the question of an adequate representation of historical reality. Her seemingly careless treatment of National Socialist icons.