Imre Kèrtesz interview

1. Before the interview, the presenter visits a monument to the Holocaust created by the American artist Peter Eiserman. Considering the shapes, architecture and general design, in what ways do you think he represents the reality in the concentration camps?

2. Which is the paradox the presenter mentions regarding Imre Kertész and the place where he lives?

3. Refer to antisemitism before and after Auschwitz according to Kertész.

4. In what way do reminders of the past in historical books make us "much richer"?

5. Which metaphor does Imre use to exemplify the effect of FATELESSNESS on its readers?

1.- I think it represents the camps because it gives you the feeling of being trapped, lost and uncomfortable.


2.- That the same place that wanted him dead before now is the place he feels more free in Europe


3.- The ones that are antisemitism after Auschwitz want a new Auschwitz.


4.- They give us perspectives, different ones, that makes us much more informed about events. 

5.-It will be like a box in your soul, wich eventually will open and come free to start committing those atrocities again, if we forget the past we will commit the same mistakes in the future