Esra Özyürek

Dec 18, 2023 | lrb.co.uk | Esra Özyürek |Andrew I. Port |Pankaj Mishra

In March​ 1960, Konrad Adenauer, the chancellor of West Germany, met his Israeli counterpart, David Ben-Gurion, in New York. Eight years earlier, Germany had agreed to pay millions of marks in reparations to Israel, but the two countries had yet to establish diplomatic relations.

Dec 5, 2023 | jacobin.com | Esra Özyürek

Interview by Ruairí Casey Germany’s effort to confront its dark history has often been called a model for other countries in atoning for their past atrocities. Memorial sites across the country recognize the Nazis’ crimes, all schoolchildren are taught about the Holocaust, and glorification of the Third Reich is prohibited. Yet, in recent years critics have pointed to a worrying turn.