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Auschwitz often symbolizes the Holocaust's persecution and suffering, but focusing solely on one concentration camp presents an incomplete history. It fails to convey the complex ways individuals became entangled with perpetrators and overlooks the diverse experiences of victims who struggled, suffered, or survived. This book expands our understanding by exploring the lives of individuals across a spectrum of suffering and guilt, revealing the disconnection between official narratives about confronting the past and the reality that many Nazi perpetrators evaded justice. In the aftermath of 1945, the approaches to justice varied significantly among the successor states of the Third Reich. East Germany pursued Nazi criminals with severe sentences, while West Germany adopted a more lenient stance, aiming to move past the war. Austria largely ignored its Nazi ties until the 1980s, sparked by revelations about Kurt Waldheim's past. The book examines the shifting attitudes toward perpetrators and survivors through various trials and testimonials, emphasizing that the Holocaust is not merely history. The memorial landscape only scratches the surface of the enduring repercussions of the Nazi era. By highlighting the stories of individuals who remained largely unrecognized, the author situates their experiences within broader contexts of unprecedented suffering and explores the far-reaching consequences of violence across generations a

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Reckonings, Mary Fulbrook

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2018
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