Putin and the Weaponization of the Memory of World War II and the Holocaust
Much of the commentary so far on the Russian attack on Ukraine has focused on the intertwined historical and contemporary contexts of the Soviet Union […]
Memory
My Ukraine Is Not Yet Lost
I first went to Ukraine in March 2003 to visit my mother’s hometown of Buczacz, now known as Buchach, and to undertake preliminary research in […]
On Ukraine, Putin, and the Realities and Rhetoric of War
After I wrote the blog post below, I realized that while it reflected some of my thinking as a historian, it was in no way […]
Media Round Up
In the spirit of collaboration and information sharing, we would like to draw attention to the wonderful compilation of sources already curated by Serdar Günes, […]
Ends and Beginnings
All we are are the stories we tell. — Leroy Little Bear It has been a little over three weeks since Geschichte der Gegenwart (GdG) […]
Refusing the Extended Hand
Allow me some genuine modesty: I come to you not as an historian but just as as an unspecified writer—albeit one obsessed with history, and […]
Stones Can Talk Back: Vergangenheitsbewältigung Revisited
The German Catechism, as laid out in Dirk Moses’ essay, was not always as binding as it now seems. Not long ago, in 2017, Benjamin […]
A Plea for More Balance
Anyone who has read Dirk Moses’ recent article “The Catechism of the Germans” can hardly not be impressed by the power of the writing and […]
On the Misleading Framing of Plausible Insights
Dirk Moses published an important, interesting and timely piece on what the describes as the “catechism” of German Holocaust remembrance. The piece has sparked an […]
Confessions of an Ex-Believer
I read Dirk Moses’ provocative piece with a series of mixed emotions: widespread agreement and internal nodding regarding the general substance, if perhaps not the […]
