Animated  documentaries dealing with the Holocaust, Holocaust survivors, and  their descendants constitute a new phenomenon and inaugurate a new field  of Holocaust commemoration. This book is the first comprehensive  analysis of animated Holocaust documentaries. It explores movies  produced in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, and Israel.

Based  on theories developed in the fields of animated documentary, Holocaust  studies, cinema studies, trauma studies, and memory studies, this volume  discusses the ways in which animated Holocaust documentaries create a  new layer of Holocaust microhistory, their advantages, and their  disadvantages. It shows how these movies visualize subject matter that  previously eluded live-action documentaries such as the unfilmed past  and people’s inner worlds.

The book shows that  Holocaust animated documentaries also have specific shortcomings and  have generated a new set of problems relating to Holocaust memory and  representation. For example, the vast majority marginalize the horrors  and instead focus on bravery, resilience, and hope.