The Holocaust Is Over. We Must Rise From its Ashes

My Roots
The Holocaust, Ever Present
The Shoah Epidemic
Defeating Hitler
Remembering the Weimar Republic
Lessons from the Holocaust
Balancing Heroism and the Shoah
The Eichmann Trial
Owning the Holocaust
A New Judaism
Make God Smile Again
I Shall Live

Avraham Burg gehört zur politischen Elite Israels. Er wurde 1955 als Sohn eines deutschen Holocaust- Überlebenden in Jerusalem geboren. Sein Vater Josef Burg lebte in Dresden und Berlin, wo er die Ausreise deutscher Juden organisierte, bis er selbst 1939 in letzter Sekunde floh. In Israel war er über Jahrzehnte einer der prominentesten Minister, etwa unter Menachem Begin. Nach dem Militärdienst wurde Avraham Burg aktiv in der Friedensbewegung Peace Now. Er war Berater von Schimon Peres, Vorsitzender der Jewish Agency und viele Jahre Sprecher der Knesset.

'This is an important book by a very courageous man. The shadow of the Shoah and its abusive application to the contemporary Middle East have been a catastrophe for Jews, Israelis and Arabs alike. In Burg's view Israel must move beyond Hitler's poisoned legacy. If they cannot or will not do this, the Middle East will never see peace and Israel has no future.'- Tony Judt, bestselling author of Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 and Professor at New York University 'An Israeli-born son of Holocaust survivors, Burg addresses a heartfelt plea to his countrymen: remember the past, but do not be its slaves; pathology is neither patriotism nor statescraft.  A compelling and eloquent cri de coeur from a veteran of Israel's wars and politics.'- Howard M. Sachar, bestselling author of A History of the Jews in the Modern World and A History of Israel 'Burg takes a blunt, loving, painful and desperately important look at the state of the Jewish soul today. Anyone who cares about the future of the Middle East and the fate of victimized peoples needs to read this book and think hard.'- J.J. Goldberg, author of Jewish Power: Inside the American Jewish Establishment and Editorial Director of The Forward 'This fascinating and thought-provoking book should be read by every person who cares about Israel. Burg's central theme is that Israeli leaders use the memory of the Holocaust in ways that are warping the country's soul, creating unnecessary fear, and making it impossible to achieve peace with the Palestinians.'- John J. Mearsheimer, bestselling author of The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy and Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago  '[An] assured and provocative polemic. . . . [A] lecture with much wisdom . . . worthy of global consideration.'- Kirkus Reviews 'An honest reflection of a tormented man searching for the universal values in Judaism.'- Le Figaro'In this book of memories and reflections, the former Knesset Speaker delivers his disquieting