Dirk Moses
@dirkmoses.bsky.social
Teaches at the City College of New York, edits the Journal of Genocide Research. www.dirkmoses.com
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Ich bin auf jeden Fall sehr froh, in einer Reihe u.a. mit @adamtooze.bsky.social, @dirkmoses.bsky.social, @hahauenstein.bsky.social und @marwecki.bsky.social zu stehen. Eigentlich hätte auch der Redaktion @faznet.bsky.social auffallen müssen, dass sich hier jemand gegen einen Strohmann ficht...
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Ich bin auf jeden Fall sehr froh, in einer Reihe u.a. mit @adamtooze.bsky.social, @dirkmoses.bsky.social, @hahauenstein.bsky.social und @marwecki.bsky.social zu stehen. Eigentlich hätte auch der Redaktion @faznet.bsky.social auffallen müssen, dass sich hier jemand gegen einen Strohmann ficht...
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Sorry, viel Text und leider ohne ALT aber ich finde dieser Exchange ist sehr erhellend was die Argumentationsmuster von Leuten angeht die an der staatsgelenkten Erinnerungskultur und einer antiD angehauchten AS-Forschung hängen.
February 10, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Sorry, viel Text und leider ohne ALT aber ich finde dieser Exchange ist sehr erhellend was die Argumentationsmuster von Leuten angeht die an der staatsgelenkten Erinnerungskultur und einer antiD angehauchten AS-Forschung hängen.
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Now on FirstView: Camilla Boisen reflects on the stories we tell ourselves about peace and genocide in her review essay of A. Dirk Moses' @dirkmoses.bsky.social The Problems of Genocide and Lauren Benton's They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence
The Stories We Tell Ourselves about Peace and Genocide | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The Stories We Tell Ourselves about Peace and Genocide
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February 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Now on FirstView: Camilla Boisen reflects on the stories we tell ourselves about peace and genocide in her review essay of A. Dirk Moses' @dirkmoses.bsky.social The Problems of Genocide and Lauren Benton's They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence
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Dirk Moses senses ‘an air of desperation’ in recent responses of the pro-Statsrason thinkers. ‘Their catechism is buckling under the reality that the German public—including even some functionaries of the German state—can clearly see.’
I answer critics of “Education after Gaza” here.
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
February 9, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Dirk Moses senses ‘an air of desperation’ in recent responses of the pro-Statsrason thinkers. ‘Their catechism is buckling under the reality that the German public—including even some functionaries of the German state—can clearly see.’
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Hier nochmal von @dirkmoses.bsky.social in der Berlin Review wie sich Kaube um Kopf und Kragen redet und von Zimmermann daran erinnert werden muss was in der israelischen Politik überhaupt abgeht.
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![Progressive Israelis, such as the historian Moshe Zimmermann, openly worry
about people like Feiglin. Some of them are running the country , and he takes
them at their word as akin to Nazis. Speaking at the Fritz Bauer Institute in
Frankfurt in December 2025, Zimmermann told its stunned director, the
historian Sybille Steinbacher, and discussant, the editor of the Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung, Jürgen Kaube, that these government figures reasoned
about Palestinians in the same way as Heinrich Himmler reasoned about Jews in
his notorious Posen speech of 4 October 1943: as security threats who needed to
be killed “prophylactically
”
—even the women and children. If the comparison
held, he concluded, then Israelis on the right are doing “the same” as the Nazis.
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Moshe Zimmermann made these remarkable comments in response to Jürgen
Kaube’s standard catechism argument that, while the Israeli campaign may be
excessive, it was not eliminatory like the Holocaust because it was not
characterized by the Nazi-like attempt to exterminate Palestinians for being
Palestinians. A war was going on, after all, which differs from the Holocaust, in
which “millions [of Jews] were murdered… who had not done anything.
” The
conflict with Palestinians was about land, by contrast. And, he was implying,
they were not absolutely innocent. Ergo: the Israelis were not like Nazi Germans,
and Anne Frank is absolutely innocent but not Hind Rajab.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:clyc4jk3ibbc2jcdkqbacefv/bafkreif4kslzdpvm2psc6te73tobloliu4xnkdz2p5s4ftua53bdafjeve@jpeg)
February 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Hier nochmal von @dirkmoses.bsky.social in der Berlin Review wie sich Kaube um Kopf und Kragen redet und von Zimmermann daran erinnert werden muss was in der israelischen Politik überhaupt abgeht.
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
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Very important point by Dirk Moses (shortened by me):
"Germany’s fixation on the Nazi regime locks actors into a catastrophic binary of absolute innocence and absolute evil.
Coming to terms with the Nazi past can't mean adopting its categorization of the world by simply inverting the value signs."
"Germany’s fixation on the Nazi regime locks actors into a catastrophic binary of absolute innocence and absolute evil.
Coming to terms with the Nazi past can't mean adopting its categorization of the world by simply inverting the value signs."
I answer critics of “Education after Gaza” here.
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
February 8, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Very important point by Dirk Moses (shortened by me):
"Germany’s fixation on the Nazi regime locks actors into a catastrophic binary of absolute innocence and absolute evil.
Coming to terms with the Nazi past can't mean adopting its categorization of the world by simply inverting the value signs."
"Germany’s fixation on the Nazi regime locks actors into a catastrophic binary of absolute innocence and absolute evil.
Coming to terms with the Nazi past can't mean adopting its categorization of the world by simply inverting the value signs."
I answer critics of “Education after Gaza” here.
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
February 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I answer critics of “Education after Gaza” here.
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Powerful reflecitons on Gaza and German memory culture, with much to think about for people in other countries, in this interview with @dirkmoses.bsky.social. A must-watch.
January 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Powerful reflecitons on Gaza and German memory culture, with much to think about for people in other countries, in this interview with @dirkmoses.bsky.social. A must-watch.
It was good to talk with inimitable @hahauenstein.bsky.social about the failure of #Erinnerungskultur
Latest episode of Nullpunkt is out now - on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.
This week’s guest: @dirkmoses.bsky.social
This week’s guest: @dirkmoses.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 6:20 PM
It was good to talk with inimitable @hahauenstein.bsky.social about the failure of #Erinnerungskultur
@hahauenstein.bsky.social interviewed me on his splendid podcast about the pitfalls of German memory culture youtu.be/UO54Cjg3-7Q
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 AM
@hahauenstein.bsky.social interviewed me on his splendid podcast about the pitfalls of German memory culture youtu.be/UO54Cjg3-7Q
The intellectual historian Camilla Boisen has written an extensive review article of my and Lauren Benton‘s books on war and genocide, bringing different fields into conversation. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The intellectual historian Camilla Boisen has written an extensive review article of my and Lauren Benton‘s books on war and genocide, bringing different fields into conversation. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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2 postdocs at Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen University, Norway:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Two Postdoctoral Research Fellows in ERC-funded Hashtag-wars project (291342) | CMI - Chr. Michelsen Institute
Job title: Two Postdoctoral Research Fellows in ERC-funded Hashtag-wars project (291342), Employer: CMI - Chr. Michelsen Institute, Deadline: Sunday, March 1, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
2 postdocs at Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen University, Norway:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Now in Turkish, my short essay on the crisis of Holocaust memory occasioned by its conscription in a genocidal permanent security campaign
birikimdergisi.com/guncel/12329...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Now in Turkish, my short essay on the crisis of Holocaust memory occasioned by its conscription in a genocidal permanent security campaign
birikimdergisi.com/guncel/12329...
birikimdergisi.com/guncel/12329...
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"In other words, they argue that Holocaust memory, which was designed to prevent the worst, is being used to motivate and justify the worst. And they feel outraged — and betrayed." Dirk Moses thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
Is Holocaust Memory Over? – the Diasporist
How the German political and media classes have hollowed out the lessons of history
thediasporist.de
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"In other words, they argue that Holocaust memory, which was designed to prevent the worst, is being used to motivate and justify the worst. And they feel outraged — and betrayed." Dirk Moses thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
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Excellent analysis from @dirkmoses.bsky.social of the implications of Western leaders devaluing Holocaust memory by invoking it to justify another genocide in Gaza:
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
Is Holocaust Memory Over? – the Diasporist
How the German political and media classes have hollowed out the lessons of history
thediasporist.de
December 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Excellent analysis from @dirkmoses.bsky.social of the implications of Western leaders devaluing Holocaust memory by invoking it to justify another genocide in Gaza:
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
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„Die Logik der Nachkriegsordnung, die auf ethnischen Säuberungen und der Akzeptanz von genozidaler Kriegsführung ( ... ) beruht, wurde offensichtlich, und die Weltöffentlichkeit lehnt sie ab.“
@dirkmoses.bsky.social
via @thediasporist.bsky.social in Deutsch und in Englisch !
#Erinnerungskultur
@dirkmoses.bsky.social
via @thediasporist.bsky.social in Deutsch und in Englisch !
#Erinnerungskultur
„Wenn jemand die Glaubwürdigkeit der Erinnerung an den Holocaust getötet hat, dann sind es die politischen Klassen des Westens, die diese Erinnerung zur Rechtfertigung eines unbestreitbaren Übels missbraucht haben“ - hier auf Deutsch lesen: thediasporist.de/de/ist-die-e...
Ist die Erinnerung an den Holocaust vorbei? – the Diasporist
Wie Deutschlands politische und mediale Eliten die historischen Lehren ausgehöhlt haben
thediasporist.de
December 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
„Die Logik der Nachkriegsordnung, die auf ethnischen Säuberungen und der Akzeptanz von genozidaler Kriegsführung ( ... ) beruht, wurde offensichtlich, und die Weltöffentlichkeit lehnt sie ab.“
@dirkmoses.bsky.social
via @thediasporist.bsky.social in Deutsch und in Englisch !
#Erinnerungskultur
@dirkmoses.bsky.social
via @thediasporist.bsky.social in Deutsch und in Englisch !
#Erinnerungskultur
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In @thediasporist.bsky.social, @dirkmoses.bsky.social asks whether Holocaust memory has run its course: "If anyone has killed belief in Holocaust memory, it is Western political classes whose misuse of it to justify an undeniable evil have destroyed its currency."
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
Is Holocaust Memory Over? – the Diasporist
How the German political and media classes have hollowed out the lessons of history
thediasporist.de
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In @thediasporist.bsky.social, @dirkmoses.bsky.social asks whether Holocaust memory has run its course: "If anyone has killed belief in Holocaust memory, it is Western political classes whose misuse of it to justify an undeniable evil have destroyed its currency."
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
I deplore how the German and western political classes have abused Holocaust memory to the point that publics have lost faith in its lessons.
In the next contribution to our series on the Rise & Fall of the BRD, @dirkmoses.bsky.social explores the incipient end of Holocaust memory, and identifies German political and media institutions as the culprits: thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
Is Holocaust Memory Over? – the Diasporist
How the German political and media classes have hollowed out the lessons of history
thediasporist.de
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I deplore how the German and western political classes have abused Holocaust memory to the point that publics have lost faith in its lessons.
I have a chapter in this book on how German „obsessions“ (a term I take from @sabanurcheema.bsky.social) are politically „managed“, and provide some examples. Those that ride the 🐅 are also in danger of being consumed.
It's out!🍾
I am delighted to announce the publication of our "Germany's History Wars. Contesting Memory and Identity Today"
It is Open Access!
👇 You can download it here for free.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
I am delighted to announce the publication of our "Germany's History Wars. Contesting Memory and Identity Today"
It is Open Access!
👇 You can download it here for free.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
December 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I have a chapter in this book on how German „obsessions“ (a term I take from @sabanurcheema.bsky.social) are politically „managed“, and provide some examples. Those that ride the 🐅 are also in danger of being consumed.
When in Tallinn last week, I spoke with @andresreimann.bsky.social from Sickle magazine about the concept of genocide, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. The photographer opted for the haggard existentialist look but/and we had an exacting discussion. novaator.err.ee/1609884874/g...
December 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
When in Tallinn last week, I spoke with @andresreimann.bsky.social from Sickle magazine about the concept of genocide, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. The photographer opted for the haggard existentialist look but/and we had an exacting discussion. novaator.err.ee/1609884874/g...
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For more than 2 years, police in Berlin - encouraged by city and national politicians - have systematically used excessive violence in an attempt to beat the Palestine solidarity movement into silence.
I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
Harry Stopes | Police Violence in Berlin
In the last six months human rights officials at both the Council of Europe and the United Nations have written to the...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
For more than 2 years, police in Berlin - encouraged by city and national politicians - have systematically used excessive violence in an attempt to beat the Palestine solidarity movement into silence.
I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
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This is what happens when international law is completely ignored. German discourse is distilled here in all its intellectual and ethical failure, exemplified by "wie denn auch?!", an embarrassing admission of ignorance that replaces critical enquiry.
@zeit.de
www.zeit.de/2025/53/link...
@zeit.de
www.zeit.de/2025/53/link...
December 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is what happens when international law is completely ignored. German discourse is distilled here in all its intellectual and ethical failure, exemplified by "wie denn auch?!", an embarrassing admission of ignorance that replaces critical enquiry.
@zeit.de
www.zeit.de/2025/53/link...
@zeit.de
www.zeit.de/2025/53/link...
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Latest on Substack: a few thoughts on last week’s conference in Zurich.
open.substack.com/pub/hannohau...
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A Symposium Critiques Germany – and the Feuilleton Rushes to Prove It Right
Days after a conference in Zurich dissected Germany’s right-wing drift, the country’s newspapers performed outrage – delivering a real-time demonstration of exactly what the symposium had warned about
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Latest on Substack: a few thoughts on last week’s conference in Zurich.
open.substack.com/pub/hannohau...
open.substack.com/pub/hannohau...