Austerlic, Gegen-Denkmal i granice čega?
Austerlitz, Gegen-Denkmal and borders of what?

Author(s): Vladimir Gvozden
Subject(s): History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: Holocaust; Gegen-Denkmal
Summary/Abstract: The fact is that in the past two decades, new forms of public memory (memorial centers, monuments, Holocaust museums, a day of commemoration or remembrance) have become part of the normative policies of many countries, including attempts to preserve the memories of survivors who are still alive (Knige, Fry 2011: VIII).* And yet, the question of how to modernize, or perhaps better to say, process the memory of the Holocaust so that "horror and violence cannot get the last word" is still raised. (Books, Fry 2011: XIV). "Writing about the Holocaust becomes both impossible and necessary," notes Susan Shapiro in her interpretation of Emil Fackenheim's philosophy (Shapiro 2008: 36). If there was, as Hans Jonas says, more "reality than is possible" in the Holocaust, how can literature contain that excess? If the Holocaust cannot be avoided - even ignoring it is a reaction - or incorporated into everyday life, then what can be done?

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