FORUM ON EUROPEAN CULTURE
25 - 29 June 2025

Festival 2020 Articles

In Search of a New Democracy: ‘A soft lump of butter’

Suppressed history is like a boomerang

Up until the Second World War, remembering history served only to glorify the nation, to stir up revanchism, to sanctify heroes. After 1945, the trauma of the war gave rise to a new endeavour in Europe: learning from history.

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