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- Apr 2024
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The second generation of Germans, our parents, pass on to us their message about the Holocaust in an imposing manner, i.e. without allowing any questions or responses or criticism from their children. They want to cement the message as it is seen by them, and in this way they declare us dependent, minor, underage. And yet "they" expect us to actively come to our own understanding about the Holocaust. This is self-contradictory, we say.
I chose to highlight this quotation because I believe it accurately summarizes the main intention of this reading. How is it that younger generations be expected to impart goodness and justness in society if their parents will not provide them full context of the genocide? I believe that this quotation should serve as a reminder for educational institutions and the way their curriculum is developed in order to explain the nuances of the Holocaust and its effects on past generations.
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