The latest column from Berlin-based writer Michael Scott Moore raises some interesting points about the value of preserving every aspect of the Holocaust. Fueled by the recent theft--reported on this blog--of the Auschwitz "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign, which is rightfully called the outstanding symbol of the Holocaust, Moore explores the morality and the sometime perversity of extreme acts of preservation such as saving shoes and human hair.
He comes to two possible conclusions. The first, that "Education is arguably more important than perfect preservation," and the second, that "The hair, the grim preserved camps, and the now hacked-up Auschwitz sign all have an immediacy that even an excellent book will lack."
What do you think?
