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To forgive? With honour and dignity

Author(s): Vladimir Jankélévitch
Subject(s): History, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Second World War; forgiveness; Nazism; Holocaust; French resistance
Summary/Abstract: The book consists of two essays: “To forgive?” and “With honour and dignity.” Both deal with the issue of forgiveness for the wrongs committed by Nazi Germany during the period of the Second World War. “To forgive?” – an essay devoted to the Holocaust in which the author openly opposes the attitude of those who not only wish to forget about the crimes committed by the Nazi criminals but also more or less consciously belittle their significance. “With honour and dignity” – a polemical analysis of French society whose attitude and choices resulted in France playing the role it played during the Second World War.

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