Ferenc Laczo talks with Jennifer Evans (Carleton University) about the new Holocaust memory debate.
Jennifer Evans curated a series of articles in the New Fascism Syllabus (NFS) responding to a paper written by historian Dirk Moses in the Swiss history journal Geschichte der Gegenwart [History of Today]. In “The German Catechism,” Moses (UNC-Chapel Hill) argued that remembering the Holocaust was considered a moral foundation of the Federal Republic and that comparing it to other genocides was heresy. Moses suggested that it was time to abandon this catechism. His article sparked a very spirited discussion. “The Catechism Debate” reached more than 36,000 views and has attracted media attention in Germany, with follow-ups appearing in the country’s most prestigious newspapers.
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