pozarski
19.02.10, 22:10
Die Welt 13.02.2010
The Czech writer Radka Denemarkova polemicises about her country's attitude
towards its past (even going as far as to criticise the expulsion of the
Germans). "Did Vaclav Havel not know in 1989 that his idea of starting from
scratch and leaving the past alone would effectively mean sweeping the past
under the carpet, where it is still fermenting today?" she asks. "After 1989
the criminals fled into parliament and into business circles. And what
happened to all the crippled lives that were never lived? The victims had to
keep their mouths shut. Still today, no one is interested in hearing the
testimonies of the survivors. During the twenty long years following 1989, no
one has talked about judging a person according to his deeds rather than his
words. Words can be changed, according to whether you write 1953 or 1968 or
1989 or 2010. Anyone who has ever sided with a regime that committed murder
should confess to his deeds."
