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Konrad Goerg
We are what we remember.
Germans, Two Generations
after Auschwitz
Voices to Remind Us
In Remembrance of Erwin Katz
Forewords
by Horst Eberhard Richter
and by
Erhard Roy Wiehn
1st Edition 2010 as eBook. US $ 9.15
on www.amazon.com
1st Edition 2010, 116 pages. € 9,95.
ISBN 978-3-86628-342-8 Paperback
Something is wrong in an engagement with Auschwitz, if
it is not, again and again, deeply disturbing – or at least every once in a
while.
How can a person of a later generation, after that of
the perpetrators, who has not studied the Holocaust scientifically, approach
the 'abyss of history' (Paul Valéry)? For me personally this was only possible
through a chorus of different voices trying to enter into a dialogue with each
other: explaining historically, arguing, desperately questioning, clamoring and
accusing, struggling for truth, pleading for reconciliation and hopeful for the
future.
In order to demonstrate the magnitude of this evil,
however, the hate-filled disdain, prejudice and cynicism in the statements of
the perpetrators had to be included as well – difficult though this sometimes was.
This collection is meant as a contribution to ensure
that we continue to face up to historical responsibility and build a collective
cultural memory which is reliable and durable and, at the same time, forms an
'orientation culture' for the generations to come.
Konrad Goerg, MD, born in 1953 in Simmern /
Hunsrueck, Internist at the University Hospital Marburg, Department of
Hematology / Oncology. Since 1999, trombonist of the brass quintet
"Marburg Brass."
He lives with his wife and two children in Marburg,
Germany.
From the two
forewords:
‘This
anthology on the Shoah makes compelling reading. Behind it, like a watermark
the outcry of the memorial stone in Treblinka, "Never again!"’ Erhard
Roy Wiehn, 4/08 (from foreword, first edition)
‘Precisely
because of its compressed overview, the little book deserves a wide
circulation. One can learn more from it than from a great deal of more
extensive documentation, and it helps to remind us of the need for ongoing
vigilance.’
Horst-Eberhard
Richter, 10/09 (from foreword, second edition)
From
reviews:
This is a
book to flip through and linger over, not one to read through quickly. Every
reader will get caught on different citations. In this way is honored what the
quoted Spanish writer and philosopher Manès Sperber said that remembering is a
particular form of love, a love for those who were made voiceless by their
calamity.
Public-Forum,
kritisch-christlich-unabhängig, 1/09
[Public-Forum, critical-Christian-independent]
Amazing, how
a small volume like this can open eyes.
Deutsches
Ärzteblatt, 2/09
[German
Physician's Paper]
Simply a
wonderful book! Not only the selection of texts, but also its thematic
arrangement, the impressive introduction and forewords – not to mention the
peculiar mentality and orientation of the entire book – make this collection a
unique manifestation of true commemoration and a humanistic world view. Very
many thanks for this important gift, which the author made to previous and
future readers of his book.
Moshe Zuckermann, Tel Aviv, 12/09
In a unique
collection of quotations Görg traces in a wide arc the story of the persecution
of Jews, its spiritual precursors and its opponents. Through the selection of
quotes, perpetrators and victims, witnesses and analytical observers of
different ages encounter each other and engage in dialogue. Thus the book
brings to life the light and dark sides of German culture, and shows how
important history is for the present time. The reading makes the reader a very
special offer: To overcome the inner cowardice and work toward gaining a personal
access to this darkest chapter of European history.
Bündnis für
Demokratie und Toleranz - Gegen Extremismus und Gewalt, 1/10
[
The book is
not one that one only reads once and then never picks it up again. The many and
various quotations, in particular those of the perpetrators, require much of
the reader, so much so that one interrupts the reading again and again, needing
the interruption. Yet it is precisely this diversity that guarantees that every
reader will find something in this book, even find the one quote that becomes
and remains one's own, so to speak. Horst-Eberhard Richter writes in his
preface: "
"To
endure the truth: The highest one can achieve is to know and endure that it
was so and not otherwise, and then see what it means – for today."
Hagalil Bücher,
5/10
[Hagalil Books]
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