55 Voices for Democracy: Norbert Frei

Norbert Frei on Germany’s Ethics of Memory
"If the statement is to remain valid that Germans after 1945 have learned from their history, coming to terms with our history before 1945 remains a task that can never be finished," says Norbert Frei, renowned historian and leading expert on the history, aftermath, and memory of National Socialism and World War II. In his address, he emphasizes the importance of adding new perspectives to Germany’s ethics of memory, while, at the same time, the reckoning with Germany’s Nazi should never be concluded.
Norbert Frei is Senior Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Jena, Germany, and director of the Jena Center of 20th Century History. He is a leading expert on the history, aftermath, and memory of National Socialism and World War II in Germany and Europe. Among his many publications are "National Socialist Rule in Germany. The Führer State 1933-1945," "Adenauer’s Germany and the Nazi Past," and "The Politics of Amnesty and Integration." His latest book was published with C.H.Beck in October 2023: "In the Name of the Germans. The Federal Presidents and the Nazi past 1949-1994."
The series is presented by the Thomas Mann House in cooperation with Deutschlandfunk, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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