Learning from the Germans

In 'Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil', Susan Neiman explores how Germany has come to terms with its Nazi past through a process known as Vergangenheitsbewältigung, or 'working off the past'.

She argues that this process offers valuable lessons for the United States in confronting its own history of slavery and racism.

Neiman discusses the challenges faced by both East and West Germany in acknowledging their past and how these efforts can inform American discussions on reparations, Confederate monuments, and racial justice.