What do Bomba’s and Weiss’ testimonies teach us about the ways in which men and women might have experienced Nazi terror differently?

1. Question 1: Primo Levi  uses the concept of “the gray zone” to speak of the space inhabited by prisoners of the Nazis who become their accomplices. Why is this a philosophically meaningful zone to Levi—and  to humanity?

2. Question 2: What do Bomba’s and Weiss’ testimonies teach us about the ways in which men and women might have experienced Nazi terror differently?

3. Question 3: Director Claude Lanzmann secretly records the testimony of SS officer Franz Suchomel using a lapel camera and a tech crew stationed in a VW van outside his building. Are Lanzmann’s clandestine methods justified by the results of the interview?

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