Interview to Imre Kertesz

We saw a relly interesting interview to Imre Kertesz wich can be seen in the following video:

From this video interview, we were proposed by the teacher to answer some questions about the interview and Imre Kertesz, wich are the following:

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?

It represent the luck of freedom from the prisoners and how small and vulnerable they were. The stone blocks represent the german opression.

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

The paradox is that Germany is the only place were he actually feel free, although it`s the same country that try to kill him.

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

Antisemites before Auschwitz didn't know how could it be to torture and slay millions of Jews. But the antisemites of the present want it again, that`s why it`s one of the worst things that coulf happen.

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

Because we recieve different perspectives about an event so we can create our own vision of the historical event. Also we know that one who doesn`t learn from history is condemned to relive it`s mistakes again.5) Which metaphor does Imre use to exemplify the effect of FATELESSNESS on its readers?

If we don't know and give importance to learn about the horrors of the Holocaust, it will be like a box in your soul, that eventually wil open and come free to start commiting those atrocities again.