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On Being with Krista Tippett

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Remembering History: Personal Reflections on Germany and the Aftermath of Slavery

The speaker reflects on their experiences in divided Berlin during the 1980s and explores Germany's reckoning with its history. They discuss the complexity of bearing witness and remembering the atrocities of the Holocaust, contrasting it with the lack of a concentrated place to reckon with the history of lynching. The chapter also delves into the afterlife of slavery, highlighting the failure of collective memory regarding slavery in America and the importance of language in shaping our understanding of the world.

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