Unsettled Ground, published by Mascot Books, provides a fresh appraisal of Germany’s remembrance movement and its belated efforts to take responsibility for the Holocaust. Jeffrey also weaves in his own family’s experiences in Germany. He shows how a group of citizen activists led the country to finally come to grips with its dark past. They restored synagogues and cemeteries, built Jewish museums, and created Holocaust education programs. He notes that their good work is unfinished, as antisemitism becomes more widespread throughout the world.
Jeffrey will speak at Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C., on Saturday, March 14, at 5 PM. Visit his website.