Towards a Creative, Empathetic, and Solidaristic Culture of Remembrance - In Conversation With Mirjam Zadoff

In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Mirjam Zadoff – director of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism and author of Gewalt und Gedächtnis: Globale Erinnerung im 21. Jahrhundert –discusses what motivated her to publish a collection on global memory and which key themes she wanted to address; how the explorations and reflection on key remembrance sites from across the globe have impacted her perspective on German and European trends; why she considers it so important to emphasize transnational and transcultural links; what are the shortcomings of Germany’s often-praised memory culture; and which examples of remembrance she considers particularly inspiring and capable of fostering a culture of responsibility.

Mirjam Zadoff is the director of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism.

Gewalt und Gedächtnis: Globale Erinnerung im 21. Jahrhundert has been published by Hanser.

In collaboration with Lucie Hunter.