Back in 1998, the renowned intellectual Martin Walser publicly attacked the pervasiveness of Auschwitz in Germany’s remembrance culture, declaring that the Holocaust had become a “moral cudgel” with which to intimidate all Germans and keep them “in a perpetual state of guilt.”
Ya en 1998 el intelectual Martin Walser atacó públicamente la omnipresencia de Auschwitz en la cultura de la memoria alemana, declarando que el Holocausto se había convertido un “garrote moral” para intimidar a todos los alemanes y mantenerlos “en un perpetuo estado de culpa”.