Sophie’s Choice

Auschwitz-themed novels are cheapening the Holocaust

4 October 2025 9:00 am

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has spawned a host of deathcamp dramas that trivialise the Jewish tragedy, says Tanya Gold

Everything comes down to one man’s suffering: Geza Rohrig as Saul

Filming the Final Solution

30 April 2016 9:00 am

Amid the abundant cinema of Nazi atrocity, Son of Saul is exemplary. Ian Thomson explains why