INST 2500 Lecture 18: The European Catastrophe- Tony Judt
8 May 2019
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From postwar: a history of europe since 1945. Deals with the history of contemporary europe in light of integration. Holocaust recognition is the contemporary european entry ticket. History as integral to the project of european integration. Holocaust was part of a larger project of racial cleansing and resettlement to create the nation. "forgetting, i would even do so far as to say historical error, is a crucial factor in the creation of a nation" Electing a nazi war criminal as austrian president. Concrete, damning evidence found in the un, blatant cover ups and deception in campaign (1) Easier to talk about the holocaust in germany. Actually required complicity and cooperation of many others. "the western solution to the problem of europe"s troublesome memories has been to fix them, quite literally, in stone" Picking and choosing what to remember/forget about what happened. 1 in 7 people globally is a displaced person.
