Representations of the Holocaust in Fiction
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To close the term’s reading group, we will hear from Stephen Potts about his upcoming novel on the IMT Nuremberg and read two excerpts from the novel, to consider how the Holocaust is represented in contemporary fiction.

Stephen Potts (Magdalen, Medicine, 1979) works part time as a doctor while also pursuing a writing career. His current project is a novel, based heavily on fact, about the conflict between the US Army psychiatrist and psychologist who were assigned to the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg in 1945-6. It was here that the nature and scale of the Holocaust was first made clear to the public, with detailed evidence laid before the court in damning documents, oral testimony and documentary films. The novel is a work in progress which Stephen plans to complete this year. It draws heavily on published accounts of the trial. The whole book currently runs to 140,000 words.

At the Reading Group, we will read the following two sections: Serving the indictment (9 pages) and the opening of the trial (20 pages).
Date: 28 November 2022, 13:00 (Monday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Speaker: Stephen Potts (Magdalen, Medicine, 1979)
Part of: Oxford Holocaust Studies Reading Group
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark