DISCUSSION ABOUT BEING IN DENIAL, with ANNE RABE
linked to revival of Weinberg's The (female) Passenger
How can democratic societies deal with their totalitarian past? Why is it so difficult to face up to one's own crimes and mistakes? How much can not forgetting help preserve liberal structures long term? Michel Friedman discusses these and other questions with the writer Anne Rabe, whose works deal with topics including East Germany's violent history and the rise of extremist right-wing parties. The starting point for their conversation is this opera by Mieczysław Weinberg, about a passenger on board a ship being suddenly confronted with her past as a concentration camp guard.
