It’s a common enough refrain that we’ve all heard before: should a Holocaust memorial commemorate the six million Jews lost in the Holocaust or the eleven million total people? One could certainly argue merits on both sides. On the one hand, Jews were Hitler’s foremost target: no other group was vilified or persecuted nearly as

Sometimes this difference in attitude can be misunderstood. For example, Americans have been taught that "Kristallnacht" means "the night of broken glass," referring to the powerful imagery we have been shown of the broken shop windows. This is actually not the case. ...