Ethics and the Holocaust

This essay draws on Henry (Hank) Greenspan's insights about recounting and retelling in the ways that Holocaust survivors testify and bear witness in narrating their experiences. Sometimes taking place from afar and in silence, my interaction with friends such as Hank Greenspan and with the voi...

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Published in:Holocaust studies 2024-10, Vol.30 (4), p.637-649
Main Author: Roth, John K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atrocities
Ethics
Genocide
Greenspan, Henry (Hank)
Holocaust
Holocaust survivors
questions
Storytelling
stupidity
truths
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Summary:This essay draws on Henry (Hank) Greenspan's insights about recounting and retelling in the ways that Holocaust survivors testify and bear witness in narrating their experiences. Sometimes taking place from afar and in silence, my interaction with friends such as Hank Greenspan and with the voices of survivors such as Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel compels me to recount and retell that absent the overriding of moral sensibilities, if not the collapse or collaboration of ethical traditions, the Holocaust, genocide, and other mass atrocities could not take place.
ISSN:1750-4902
2048-4887
DOI:10.1080/17504902.2024.2388355