Vergangenheitsbewältigung

Vergangenheitsbewältigung (German: [fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋənhaɪtsbəˌvɛltɪɡʊŋ], transl. "struggle of overcoming the past" or "work of coping with the past") is a German compound noun describing the moral and political effort to confront the crimes of the past. Since the late 20th century, this concept has played a central role in examining how post-1945 German literature, society and culture reflect on Nazism as a moral catastrophe, citing in particular its perpetration of genocide.

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