JOURNAL ARTICLE

Never Again Is Now!: Holocaust History and Public Memory at a Turning Point.

  • Published In: German Politics & Society, 2025, v. 43, n. 2. P. 14 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Bergen, Doris L. 3 of 3

Abstract

This article considers Germany's response to the Hamas attacks on Israel of 7 October 2023 and the Israeli assault on Gaza that followed and analyzes the impacts of that response on how the Holocaust is studied and understood. I identify three rifts that have widened as a result: between public and scholarly discourse on the Holocaust; between the concepts of Holocaust and genocide; and around what I call "bespoke histories" of the Holocaust, that is, versions of the Holocaust designed to fit the demands and desires of the present. With regard to these developments, Germany is distinctive but not unique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:German Politics & Society. 2025/06, Vol. 43, Issue 2, p14
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Diplomacy and International Relations
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:1045-0300
  • DOI:10.3167/gps.2025.430202
  • Accession Number:188456989
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