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Andrew Shanken is currently the Director of American Studies, Faculty Curator of the Environmental Design Archives, on the Faculty Advisory Committee at the Townsend Center for the Humanities and the Global Urban Humanities at the University of California Berkeley. He has a joint appointment in American Studies. His most recent book is The Everyday Life of Memorials, which explores memorials' relationship to the pulses of daily life, their meaning within this quotidian context, and their place within the development of modern cities. Intro: “The Statue Got Me High,” by They Might Be Giants Discussed: “There is nothing in this world as invisible as a monument.” – Robert Musil The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington DC, Maya Lin Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, Washington DC, Frank Gehry National World War II Memorial, Washington DC, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin, Peter Eisenman Monument vs monumental vs memorial The Bastille, Paris Mariana Griswold van Rensselaer National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York City, Michael Arad New Yorker cover, “Memorial Plaza,” 7-14 July 2014, Adrian Tomine Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn “Death, Grief and Mourning in Contemporary Britain,” – Geoffrey Gorer, 1965 Sedlec Ossuary, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic “The Hour of Our Death” – Philippe Ariès, 1977 Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris Brooklyn Strand, repurposing the Brooklyn War Memorial as a conduit to New York City's park system Hyde Park Corner, London Monuments that “switch on” only when they're blown up or taken down Marian Columns Georgia Guidestones Robert E. Lee Monument, Richmond White contractors wouldn't remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it. “Kickstarter urbanism” and the crowd-funded monument Denkmalkritik “The Great War and Modern Memory” – Paul Fussell The Grove, Los Angeles Texas State Capital Grounds, Austin Outro: “Monuments for a Dead Century,” by The Boo Radleys

When tragedy strikes an individual, a nation, or an entire people, artists and architects are tasked with designing a public display that memorializes the event and its victims. But how do you do that? In this episode, we explore the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in DC, the 9/11 Memorial, and others, to look at how respecting and remembering loss collides with the demands of history and politics. Why do abstract, rather than representational, memorials resonate more profoundly in recent years? And no matter how well done they are, will they inevitably lose their impact after a single generation? This episode of The Lonely Palette was produced in collaboration with Slate's Hi-Phi Nation. Music Used: The Blue Dot Sessions, “Drone Pine,” “Taoudella,” “The Consulate,” “Our Fingers Cold,” “Slider” Silver Maple, “After the Rain” Megan Wofford, “Awake” Yi Nantiro, “Blue Lantern” Christian Nanzell, “Contraband” Gunnar Johnsen, “Documents 4” Fabien Tell, “Liaison” Arden Forest, “Monastral” Niclas Gustavsson, “My Kind of Illusion 1” Niclas Gustavsson, “Reflection 4” Episode webpage: https://bit.ly/3pkhoCI Support the show: www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

When tragedy strikes an individual, a nation, or an entire people, artists and architects are tasked with designing a public display that memorializes the event and its victims. But how do you do that? In this episode, art historian and podcaster Tamar Avishai examines the Denkmal Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, the Vietnam War Memorial in DC, and others to look at how respecting and remembering loss collides with the demands of history and politics. We look at why abstract rather than representational memorials resonate better with people in recent years, and whether memorials, no matter how well done, might lose their impact after a single generation. Guest voices include Karen Krolak, James Young, and Michael Hays. Links Listen to Tamar Avishai on The Lonely Palette podcast Better Help-betterhelp.com/nation. Get 10% of your first month by clicking through on the link. Scribd- try.scribd.com/hiphi Slate Plus sale! Get $25 off your first year. Go to slate.com/hiphiplus Are you a philosopher interested in a summer seminar on God and Time at Rutgers University? Apply at godandtime.rutgers.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When tragedy strikes an individual, a nation, or an entire people, artists and architects are tasked with designing a public display that memorializes the event and its victims. But how do you do that? In this episode, art historian and podcaster Tamar Avishai examines the Denkmal Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, the Vietnam War Memorial in DC, and others to look at how respecting and remembering loss collides with the demands of history and politics. We look at why abstract rather than representational memorials resonate better with people in recent years, and whether memorials, no matter how well done, might lose their impact after a single generation. Guest voices include Karen Krolak, James Young, and Michael Hays. Links Listen to Tamar Avishai on The Lonely Palette podcast Better Help-betterhelp.com/nation. Get 10% of your first month by clicking through on the link. Scribd- try.scribd.com/hiphi Slate Plus sale! Get $25 off your first year. Go to slate.com/hiphiplus Are you a philosopher interested in a summer seminar on God and Time at Rutgers University? Apply at godandtime.rutgers.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jews are being murdered and the world doesn't care. Who's fault is that? Howie has some ideas... Political Hitman 24NOV2021 - PODCAST

As an internationally recognized expert on public art and the memorial genre, James E. Young has served on juries for a number of prospective memorials, from the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin to the National 9/11 Memorial in New York. In this interview, within the context of the Budapest memorial site project in memory of women who were raped in times of war, we touch on the specifics of the call for applications, the importance of selecting the right site for the memorial, the role of the jury, and the ways in which the commemoration process can continue. Drawing on his experiences as a member of various juries, Young views the memorial as an extended process, stressing that preparation and afterlife are as important, as elements of the meanings of a memorial, as the physical object or site themselves.

Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/ You guys asked for it, and it’s here! Sydney and Natalie reminisce on their experiences in Barcelona & Berlin. Here are the things they mention:     •    RyanAir & Easy Jet airlines     •    Airbnb for places to stay Activities in Barcelona, Spain:     •    La Sagrada Familia (recommend attending a service on a Sunday! Money saver!)     •    Park Güell     •    Montjuïc Fountain     •    Barceloneta Beach     •    Gran Teatre del Liceu     •    Picasso Museum     •    Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Activites in Berlin, Germany:     •    Brandenburg Gate     •    Reichstag Building (you’ll need to reserve a time!)     •    Alexanderplatz (skip if you need to skip something)     •    Sisyphos Nightclub     •    Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe     •    Berlin Wall     •    Hofbrauhaus Munchen     •    Museum Island (we didn’t make it)     •    Berlin Cathedral     •    Charlottenburg Palace     •    Klunkerkranich (Beer Garden/Rooftop)     •    Checkpoint Charlie SHOP MERCH: Neisha Mariah Design website: https://www.neishamariah.com/shop/ Check out the “ily” sticker! Shop Lettering Logan Art on ETSY, and use code BOLD20 for 20% off: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LetteringLoganArt Follow B&B on Instagram: @bold.and.balanced Email us: boldnbalanced@gmail.com Sydney’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sydstephan/ Natalie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliearis/ Follow our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bold.and.balanced/ To join email list, DM or Email us your email address! Link to join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/410014040342644

Welcome to You Globe Girl, a podcast where hosts, Ro and Sara, talk about the real side of globin'. Today, Ro is spilling the deets on her trip to Berlin in February, right before the peak of COVID in the US. Although it was the first trip she took without Sara, she still had a great time with their friend, Jordan. Despite getting off to a rocky start, Ro had a pretty good time in the city. You will hear about Ro and Jordan's bougie dinner on top of a German parliament building, the sites they saw, and the clubbing they did. Be sure to listen about Ro's encounter with the man not of her dreams. Sara and Ro wrap up the chat with Ro sharing her must-do's and some of the freaky clubs Berlin is famous for!The More You GlobeEvery episode in The More You Globe segment, Ro and Sara will answer a few travel-related questions that will ignite the fire in your heart to begin traveling (when we can start again, of course!). In today's episode, the hosts talk about their top three travel essentials and how much luggage they bring on a trip: checked bag or carry-on + backpack? Can you guess who does what? Tune in to find out!Outline of This Episode:Hear about the flights Ro had to take to get to Berlin and why she was so sleep deprived.How Ro and Sara feel about little kids on the plane.The devastating thing that happened at London airport.The cheap cost of the flight to Berlin that Jordan found for her and Ro.Other spontaneous trips Ro and Sara have gone on because of super cheap flights.Why Sara got detained in the Atlanta airport.Ro and Jordan's super fancy dinner.Touristy places Ro and Jordan visited.Why Ro left most of the planning to Jordan.Jordan’s travel blog, Blonde Voyage 901.How Ro felt when the visited the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.The highlight of Ro’s trip.A night on the town.Risqué messages from a guy Ro met at the club.Ro’s must-dos and what she would do differently.Some of the interesting and unusual clubs that Berlin is famous for.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Markthalle NeunBerliner DomKaeferBrandenburg GatesHofbrau MünchenKaiser Wilhelm Memorial ChurchEast Side GalleryMemorial to the Murdered Jews of EuropeCafe am Neuen SeeThe LirAvenueMatrixBlonde Voyage 901Connect with Ro and Sara!You Globe GirlYou Globe Girl InstagramSara Kennon InstagramRo Prewitt Instagram

Hannah, Jakob, and Lili are joined by artist and teacher Benjamin Rubloff to discuss problems of memorialization. We dig into how to engage with the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Stolpersteine, and the Soviet War Memorial.

Bienvenidos a todos al episodio número 12 de Punto de fuga, mi nombre es Nuria Heras y en el programa de hoy vamos a hablar del Pabellón de España en la Expo de Bruselas de 1958. Proyecto que rompió moldes y arrebato las miradas de la joya arquitectónica de la Feria llamada Atomium y que hasta hace muy poquito se encontraba en total abandono. Sus arquitectos José Antonio Corrales y Ramón Vázquez Molezún fueron un referente en la arquitectura de la post guerra española y promovieron un tipo de arquitectura moderna y fresca en una época de sobriedad y rigidez. Para los que no conozcáis el pabellón acompañarme en este episodio porque este edificio no os dejará indiferentes. Os dejo algunos links qué os pueden resultar interesantes: 1. El Pabellón de los hexágonos de la Expo de Bruselas de 1958 http://www.coam.es/media/Default%20Files/fundacion/biblioteca/revista-arquitectura-100/1946-1958/docs/revista-articulos/revista-nacional-arquitectura-1958-n198-pag01-13.pdf 2. El edificio Seagrams de Mies Van der Rohe – 1958 https://www.metalocus.es/es/noticias/el-edificio-mas-importante-del-milenio-el-seagram 3. Brasilia de Oscar Niemeyer - 1956 – 1960 https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/stunning-modern-architecture-oscar-niemeyer 4. Torres Satélite de Luis Barragán – 1958 https://www.domusweb.it/en/local-editions/central-america-caribbean/architecture/2018/07/04/between-art-and-architecture---torres-de-satlite-1958.html 5. Edificio Johnson Wax se construyó del 1936 al 1939 https://www.scjohnson.com/es/a-family-company/architecture-and-tours/frank-lloyd-wright/designed-to-inspire-sc-johnsons-frank-lloyd-wright-designed-administration-building 6. Atomium https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-atomium-brussels-belgium 7. Edificio Phillips. Le Corbusier y Iannis Xenakis https://www.archdaily.com/157658/ad-classics-expo-58-philips-pavilion-le-corbusier-and-iannis-xenakis 8. ¨Poeme electronique¨. Celebración del progreso y critica de bombas atómicas y campos de concentración https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWsuDV0KN94 9. Colegio de Salesianos en Herrera del Pisuerga 1954-1959 https://www.stepienybarno.es/blog/2009/09/09/corrales-y-molezun-grupo-escolar-en-herrera-de-pisuerga-1958/ 10. La Casa Huarte en puerta de Hierro 1966 https://www.metalocus.es/es/noticias/una-visita-a-la-casa-huarte-de-corrales-y-molezun 11. Residencia infantil de Miraflores con Alejandro de la Sota 1958 https://www.arquitecturayempresa.es/noticia/de-la-sota-corrales-y-vazquez-molezun-residencia-infantil-en-miraflores 12. Edificio de Bankunion http://hiddenarchitecture.net/bankunion/ 13. Le elogio de la luz #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGgWuw0Dmm0 14. El Orfanato de Amsterdam de Aldo Van Eyck Modulos cuadrados 15. El Centro Artesano de Sevres de Candilis, Josic y Wood Modulos cuadrados 16. Homenaje a las victimas del holocausto judío de Berlín – Peter Eisenman - 2005 https://eisenmanarchitects.com/Berlin-Memorial-to-the-Murdered-Jews-of-Europe-2005 17. The Awakening the Álvaro Urbano en la Casa Encendida https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMBJYl2PD3k Hasta aquí el episodio de hoy, espero que os haya gustado y mil gracias por estar al otro lado porque sin vosotros ésto no sería posible. Si os ha gustado el episodio agradezco vuestras valoraciones de 5 estrellas en iTunes y vuestros likes en iVoox y Spotify así cómo vuestros comentarios, recomendaciones y preguntas en cualquiera de nuestras redes sociales @punto_d_fuga y/o en mi página web http://www.nuria-heras.com/ Os espero para fugarnos juntos en el siguiente episodio…….Hasta entonces os deseo un muy buen día y mejor inicio de semana!

A great privilege was attained to the highly recognized architectural platform on Instagram, ParametricArchitecture; the founder, Hamid Hassanzadeh interviewed one of New York Five; Peter Eisenman, architect, educator, and founder of Eisenman Architects. Peter Eisenman has been one of architecture’s foremost theorists of recent decades, but also has an apathy for current trends that architects engage in. He is an internationally acknowledged architect and educator whose award-winning large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and series of inventive private houses attest to a career of excellence in design. Eisenman has built little, despite his symbolic influence to the field. The most ground-breaking works include: House VI, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, the City of Culture of Galicia and the Wexner Center for the Arts. Please subscribe to PA Talks podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and Google Podcast in order not to miss a single episode. Please share this podcast with the URL. Also you can use #patalks on twitter, Instagram, facebook to give us a feedback about the podcasts. Thank you!

Why do some monuments provoke such powerful emotions while others are forgettable? "Monumental Issues: Thinking about Monuments in Public Spaces" is a presentation by Dr. Jeffrey H. Jackson with additional material by Dr. Ellen K. Daugherty. It provides a broader context for debates about historical monuments and the role these markers play in local communities today. Looking at monuments as both public history and public art helps us understand how we make sense of our past and what role we want our past to play in our common future. Jackson is the J.J. McComb Professor of History at Rhodes College in Memphis; Daugherty is Professor of Art History at Memphis College of Art. The program was sponsored by Humanities Tennessee. Here are links to some of the works mentioned in the recording. (If you listen in the browser, right-click and open in a new tab as these monuments are mentioned, so that you can keep listening.) http://www.war-memorial.net/Memorial-to-the-Murdered-Jews-of-Europe-1.104 (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe) http://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/02/the-painted-monument-to-soviet-army-in.html (The Painted Monument to the Soviet Army in Bulgaria) http://tjcenter.org/free-speech-monuments/ (Free Speech Monument) https://www.rome.net/piazza-campidoglio (Piazza del Campidoglio) with replica of equestrian Marcus Aurelius statue https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/Richmond/MonumentAveHD.html (Monument Avenue) with http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Photograph:%20va1626&fi=number&op=PHRASE&va=exact&co%20=hh&st=gallery&sg%20=%20true (Robert E. Lee equestrian statue) http://livornonow.com/i_quattro_mori_the_four_moors_statue (The Four Moors) https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/grand-army-plaza-m062/monuments/1442 (General Sherman) statue https://www.nps.gov/boaf/learn/historyculture/shaw.htm (Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment) http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/1302 (Emancipation Memorial) and https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.dc0785.photos?st=gallery (views of Lincoln Park with Bethune statue) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. https://www.nps.gov/mlkm/learn/building-the-memorial.htm (figural memorial in Washington, D.C.) and http://richardhuntstudio.com/?avada_portfolio=i-have-been-to-the-mountaintop (abstract memorial in Memphis) "https://www.tripsavvy.com/walking-tour-of-lafayette-park-washington-dc-1038795 (Samey" statues in Lafeyette Park) Mass-produced https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/why-those-confederate-soldier-statues-look-a-lot-like-their-union-counterparts/2017/08/18/cefcc1bc-8394-11e7-ab27-1a21a8e006ab_story.html?utm_term=.7be8602339cd (Confederate/Union soldiers), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hiker_(Kitson) (The Hiker), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_the_American_Doughboy (Spirit of the American Doughboy) http://www.wtcsitememorial.org/fin7.html (Reflecting Absence) https://washington.org/DC-guide-to/korean-war-veterans-memorial (Korean War monument) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Jetty (Spiral Jetty) https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/arts/design/a-subtlety-or-the-marvelous-sugar-baby-at-the-domino-plant.html (Marvelous Sugar Baby) http://agnesdenesstudio.com/works7.html (Wheatfield: A Confrontation) http://winhttp.nsula.edu/regionalfolklife/civilwartocivilrights/02Statue.html (Uncle Jack) statue Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jul/25/big-blue-cock-trafalgar-square (Hahn/Cock) and https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/23/yinka-shonibare-ship-bottle-greenwich (Nelson's Ship in a Bottle) http://cwmemory.com/2013/01/02/abraham-lincoln-war-veteran-projection-2012/ (Abraham Lincoln: War Veteran Projection)

On this week's show, Paul Akers continues the series on the epic journey of the Band of Brothers…an unforgettable look through time from Europe to the Pacific on a variety of military history tours.  On day 16 he spends the day in Berlin visiting the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Hitler's (unmarked) bunker, ... Read more The post Band of Brothers Day 16-17 first appeared on Paul Akers Website | Lean Books | Lean Culture.

Berlin, Germany is dotted with memorials and reminders of its troubled 20th-century history, including the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and the Topography of Terror. At www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.

Berlin, Germany is dotted with memorials and reminders of its troubled 20th-century history, including the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and the Topography of Terror. At www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.

Armen Hammer talks about why Mikko Salo is a legend, Pat Mendes' positive drug test at the Pan Am Games, Dave Driskell's handstand at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and FloElite's Going Team documentary.

I’ll be leaving soon to take students on a European travel course. During the three weeks we’ll be gone, in addition to cathedrals, museums and castles, they’ll visit Auschwitz, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and a variety of other Holocaust related sights.  And I’ll ask them to think about what we can say about how people in East-Central Europe remember the Holocaust based on the places they’ve visited. This is not simply a matter of historical reckoning.  The responses to the recent op-ed by FBI director James Comey show how important the question is in contemporary politics.   They also show how limited our understanding of the dynamics of memory in Eastern Europe has been. My answers to the students’ questions will be enormously more sophisticated and thoughtful after having read the work of John-Paul Himka and Joanna Beata Michlic.  Their recent edited collection titled Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Europe (University of Nebraska Press, 2013) is a remarkable collection of essays.  The book surveys the state of memory and memorialization in each of the countries of the former Soviet Block.  It highlights broadly similar responses while explaining differences between the countries.  And the editors explain why they believe it is so important to, as they say, bring the dark past to light.  In doing so, they begin the process of bringing our understanding of the memory of the Holocaust in this region to the same level of sophistication we now bring to the subject in Western Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’ll be leaving soon to take students on a European travel course. During the three weeks we’ll be gone, in addition to cathedrals, museums and castles, they’ll visit Auschwitz, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and a variety of other Holocaust related sights.  And I’ll ask them to think about what we can say about how people in East-Central Europe remember the Holocaust based on the places they’ve visited. This is not simply a matter of historical reckoning.  The responses to the recent op-ed by FBI director James Comey show how important the question is in contemporary politics.   They also show how limited our understanding of the dynamics of memory in Eastern Europe has been. My answers to the students’ questions will be enormously more sophisticated and thoughtful after having read the work of John-Paul Himka and Joanna Beata Michlic.  Their recent edited collection titled Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Europe (University of Nebraska Press, 2013) is a remarkable collection of essays.  The book surveys the state of memory and memorialization in each of the countries of the former Soviet Block.  It highlights broadly similar responses while explaining differences between the countries.  And the editors explain why they believe it is so important to, as they say, bring the dark past to light.  In doing so, they begin the process of bringing our understanding of the memory of the Holocaust in this region to the same level of sophistication we now bring to the subject in Western Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’ll be leaving soon to take students on a European travel course. During the three weeks we’ll be gone, in addition to cathedrals, museums and castles, they’ll visit Auschwitz, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and a variety of other Holocaust related sights.  And I’ll ask them to... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’ll be leaving soon to take students on a European travel course. During the three weeks we’ll be gone, in addition to cathedrals, museums and castles, they’ll visit Auschwitz, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and a variety of other Holocaust related sights.  And I’ll ask them to think about what we can say about how people in East-Central Europe remember the Holocaust based on the places they’ve visited. This is not simply a matter of historical reckoning.  The responses to the recent op-ed by FBI director James Comey show how important the question is in contemporary politics.   They also show how limited our understanding of the dynamics of memory in Eastern Europe has been. My answers to the students’ questions will be enormously more sophisticated and thoughtful after having read the work of John-Paul Himka and Joanna Beata Michlic.  Their recent edited collection titled Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Europe (University of Nebraska Press, 2013) is a remarkable collection of essays.  The book surveys the state of memory and memorialization in each of the countries of the former Soviet Block.  It highlights broadly similar responses while explaining differences between the countries.  And the editors explain why they believe it is so important to, as they say, bring the dark past to light.  In doing so, they begin the process of bringing our understanding of the memory of the Holocaust in this region to the same level of sophistication we now bring to the subject in Western Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’ll be leaving soon to take students on a European travel course. During the three weeks we’ll be gone, in addition to cathedrals, museums and castles, they’ll visit Auschwitz, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and a variety of other Holocaust related sights.  And I’ll ask them to think about what we can say about how people in East-Central Europe remember the Holocaust based on the places they’ve visited. This is not simply a matter of historical reckoning.  The responses to the recent op-ed by FBI director James Comey show how important the question is in contemporary politics.   They also show how limited our understanding of the dynamics of memory in Eastern Europe has been. My answers to the students’ questions will be enormously more sophisticated and thoughtful after having read the work of John-Paul Himka and Joanna Beata Michlic.  Their recent edited collection titled Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Europe (University of Nebraska Press, 2013) is a remarkable collection of essays.  The book surveys the state of memory and memorialization in each of the countries of the former Soviet Block.  It highlights broadly similar responses while explaining differences between the countries.  And the editors explain why they believe it is so important to, as they say, bring the dark past to light.  In doing so, they begin the process of bringing our understanding of the memory of the Holocaust in this region to the same level of sophistication we now bring to the subject in Western Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor James Young, Commissioner of Germany’s National Memorial to Europe’s Murdered Jews, and juror for the WTC Site Memorial Competition, discusses the history of memorial projects. [Humanities] [Show ID: 14091]

Professor James Young, Commissioner of Germany’s National Memorial to Europe’s Murdered Jews, and juror for the WTC Site Memorial Competition, discusses the history of memorial projects. [Humanities] [Show ID: 14091]

Professor James Young, Commissioner of Germany’s National Memorial to Europe’s Murdered Jews, and juror for the WTC Site Memorial Competition, discusses the history of memorial projects. [Humanities] [Show ID: 14091]

Professor James Young, Commissioner of Germany’s National Memorial to Europe’s Murdered Jews, and juror for the WTC Site Memorial Competition, discusses the history of memorial projects. [Humanities] [Show ID: 14091]

Professor James Young, Commissioner of Germany’s National Memorial to Europe’s Murdered Jews, and juror for the WTC Site Memorial Competition, discusses the history of memorial projects. [Humanities] [Show ID: 14091]

Professor James Young, Commissioner of Germany’s National Memorial to Europe’s Murdered Jews, and juror for the WTC Site Memorial Competition, discusses the history of memorial projects. [Humanities] [Show ID: 14091]

Professor James Young, Commissioner of Germany’s National Memorial to Europe’s Murdered Jews, and juror for the WTC Site Memorial Competition, discusses the history of memorial projects. [Humanities] [Show ID: 14091]