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The holocaust as history and warning, by timothy snyder. He does so by boldly arguing that we dont really understand what happened during the holocaust. Our world is closer to hitlers than we like to admit, and saving it requires us to see the holocaust as it was and ourselves as we are. That has its place, but it doesnt generate knowledge.

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