Essay
German Catechism Versus Memory Culture
Germany’s scapegoating of the racialised Other is the end result of the absence of a critical memory culture that seeks to confront the past in all its ugliness.
Elia Ayoub is a Palestinian-Lebanese anti-authoritarian writer and researcher. He is the host of "The Fire These Times" podcast and runs the Hauntologies newsletter.
Essay
Germany’s scapegoating of the racialised Other is the end result of the absence of a critical memory culture that seeks to confront the past in all its ugliness.
Interview
"These people are traitors — they are treasonous to this world and the wonders of this world. They’re not traitors to nation; they’re traitors to creation."
History
Editor's note: This is a version of Elia Ayoub’s Master’s thesis about the war on Yiddish in Palestine written in 2016, graciously abbreviated and adapted for publication in Der Spekter. Source citations have been changed to links for easier reading. To read the original full essay