Why does the Holocaust matter now? The Changing Cultures of Holocaust Memory

During the past seventy years the memory of the Holocaust was identified with a deep wound at the heart of Western ethics and politics. It also served to explain why we need to keep democracy and humanism alive. At the present moment, as the generation of survivors disappears and the recollection of events fades, the memory of the Holocaust changes its purpose. Politicized on the one hand, and theorized on the other, it stands for unexpected lessons.

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