New episode of Memory Cultures in Dialogue: “From Guilt to Responsibility“
Germany represents a unique case of a society that was forced to confront its past twice within a span of 50 years. The first confrontation occurred after World War II, when the Nuremberg Trials brought the leaders of the defeated state before an international tribunal, with the victors of the war serving as judges. The second confrontation with the past was imposed on German society after the reunification of the divided Germany into a single state in 1989.