Vergangenheitsbewältigung

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vergangenheitsbewältigung is a composite German word that describes processes of dealing with the past which is perhaps best rendered in English as "struggle to come to terms with the past". The German term Geschichtsaufarbeitung depicts similar processes, but is less common. Vergangenheitsbewältigung describes the attempt to analyze, digest and learn to live with the past, in particular the Holocaust. The focus on learning is much in the spirit of philosopher George Santayana's oft-quoted observation that "those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it".

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vergangenheitsbewältigung is a composite German word that describes processes of dealing with the past which is perhaps best rendered in English as "struggle to come to terms with the past". The German term Geschichtsaufarbeitung depicts similar processes, but is less common. Vergangenheitsbewältigung describes the attempt to analyze, digest and learn to live with the past, in particular the Holocaust. The focus on learning is much in the spirit of philosopher George Santayana's oft-quoted observation that "those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it".