October 1, 2025

Never Again Is Now!

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The German response to the recent Hamas attacks has complicated the understanding of the Holocaust.
Three rifts now exist: between public, scholarly Holocaust discourse and between the concepts of Holocaust versus genocide.
Bespoke histories of the Holocaust reflect contemporary demands, altering traditional narratives significantly.
While Germany's situation is distinctive, similar trends can be observed in other contexts regarding Holocaust studies.

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Abstract This article considers Germany's response to the Hamas attacks on Israel of 7 October 2023 and the Israeli assault on Gaza that followed and analyzes the impacts of that response on how the Holocaust is studied and understood. I identify three rifts that have widened as a result: between public and scholarly discourse on the Holocaust; between the concepts of Holocaust and genocide; and around what I call “bespoke histories” of the Holocaust, that is, versions of the Holocaust designed to fit the demands and desires of the present. With regard to these developments, Germany is distinctive but not unique.

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Doris L. Bergen (Sun,) studied this question.

www.synapsesocial.com/papers/68dd91dafe798ba2fc499436 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/gps.2025.430202

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