In [a recent article](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/holocaust-remembrance-lessons-america/671893/) Clint Smith, author of _How the Word is Passed_, writes about what America can learn from Germany's memorialization of the murders of Jews, Roma, gays, and other victims of the holocaust. It is an excellent reflection on the use and abuse of memorialization by states and peoples.