“WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY?” THE DEFENCE OF CIVILIZED VALUES IN EXILE, THE GHETTOS AND THE CAMPS
Journal: ПРОБЛЕМИ ІСТОРІЇ ГОЛОКОСТУ Український вимір
Year: 2024

This essay argues that civilized values and norms persist in hostile circumstances inimical to such norms and values. Taking the Shoah as its key example but with reference to the invasion of the Ukraine by the Russian Federation, it is shown how even in the most terrible conditions human beings cling to traditional values of truth, justice, and goodness, but also learn how to develop newnorms such as the solidarity between distinct communities. Various actors are considered in context to prove