Lack of empathy, or just history?

[Gramsci]

The thing about the Holocaust is that its something that is argued about.

This is not denial. But views of history change over time.

For example Raul Hilberg, a historian of the Holocaust , was influence on Lanzmann doc. Hilberg found his work so out of synch with accepted ideas of the Holocaust that he found it difficult to get published.

Views of Holocaust change over time.

I do think the Holocaust is important subject that is relevant to our times.

That does not mean that its a fixed subject.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I don't think it was mentioned at school (I was at secondary school 1981 - 1986 and didn't do history to O level, the history we did got as far as the 1914 war and Russian revolution but no later) - I think it was sort of assumed everyone knew about the 1939 war and all that went with it.

I'm not sure I have any idea what the right answer is.

 

[PTK]

When I first came to London from Germany in the late 9ts I worked in a care home for elderly people with learning disabilities. All residents were 60+.

Something was bugging me, and I couldn't get my head around what was going with these people. I asked colleagues and management whether these people had acquired a brain injury in their lives or suffered from an illness affecting their brain function. The answer was always 'nah, born like this'.

It took a while for me to understand: In Germany there were no people with learning disabilities older than 50 years. They were all killed. I had never seen or met a person with a learning disability who was beyond their middle age, hence I never acknowledged their existence or questioned the lack of.

I have just come across your post. I wouldn't normally comment on a post that was months old, but I felt that I had to say that this affected me emotionally. It's very upsetting.

 

[klang]

I have just come across your post. I wouldn't normally comment on a post that was months old, but I felt that I had to say that this affected me emotionally. It's very upsetting.

Liked as an acknowledgement