It’s an impressive and ambitious monument, 2,711 big concrete slabs arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. Turning shame into monument.”He was answered by Jürgen Habermas, at age 87 Germany’s most revered philosopher (and one-time member of the Hitler Youth). Germany turned shame into a monument. Or “We are a different generation, we haven’t committed any crimes.” They want a Germany that feels like a normal country. The principle that the Habermas generation spread, that victims of the Holocaust deserved permanent commemoration, has faded.

Source: National Post April 28, 2017 14:37 UTC