Ethics and Esthetics in Holocaust Images.

The article refers to the nega-tive images rediscovered in re-cent Romanian history, images of the Iaşi pogrom of June 28 to 30, 1941, that still triggers rejection reactions in different environ-ments. The fate of these images that were to be destroyed after the event is as interesting as the recent revaluation of the data base of images, which is found to-day in various archives. In multi-ple frames civilian witnesses can be seen passing by scenes show-ing executions and bodies of Jewish children, women and men. Talking about the event is still rare within hours of Romanian history or public setting, often even in Iaşi, where many teachers prefer to talk about images relat-ed to Poland and concentration camps. Also using images from Iaşi pogrom without interpreta-tions can lead in time to the same type of abuse of the image as in Auschwitz case, a negative stereo-type that shows an abused victim exposed of our sight. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]