"The cliché holds that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Presumably the reverse is also true: those who obsessively and eagerly remember past catastrophes are condemned to repeat it at breakneck speed."

In de laatste editie (Summer 2026) van het Amerikaanse politieke en literaire tijdschrift Boston Review werd Arnon Grunbergs interview met de Israëlische historicus Omer Bartov gepubliceerd. Het stuk, dat eerder in dagblad Trouw stond, is hier gratis online te lezen.

"The cliché holds that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Presumably the reverse is also true: those who obsessively and eagerly remember past catastrophes are condemned to repeat it at breakneck speed."

In the Summer 2026 issue of Boston Review, Arnon Grunbergs interview with Israeli historian Omer Bartov got published. The piece previously appeared in Dutch newspaper Trouw. The article is available for free on the Boston Review website.