Forgetting the Holocaust and the battle for the soul of Germany

Germany’s post-war identity was built around remembering its crimes. What happens now that the memory is fading?
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In German high society, secret Nazi-hating rebels saved Jews, tried to end Hitler’s regime

LONDON — It is a story of courage and resistance, as well as one of betrayal and brutality. British author and journalist Jonathan Freedland’s new book, “The Traitors Circle,” is the story of a group ...
The New York Times

This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write

For years, my friend’s father asked me to recount his childhood escape from the Nazis. Why did it take me this long? Jehuda Lindenblatt in November.Credit...Elinor Carucci for The New York Times ...
The Conversation

The Holocaust poets who can help us to understand genocides past and present

On Holocaust Memorial Day we remember the victims of the Nazi Holocaust in 1940s Europe and all those affected by later genocides. I believe that reading poetry is an important way to commemorate ...
The New York Times

We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust

Professor Marianne Hirsch on how the way we teach the “crime of all crimes” informs our understanding of Gaza. By Marianne Hirsch and M. Gessen Produced by Jillian Weinberger In the wake of the Oct. 7 ...