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I had never about Ruth Kluger before this article, and I think it is, in general, very hard to come by her viewpoint as a layperson, who is not European and/or Jewish, because the popular media (e.g. movies like Schindler's list) have "primed us for redemption". Overall, I think her opinions, though strong, make a lot of sense and urge one to consider our present treatment of survivors of tragedies, as a society.

This article was the first time I ever encountered the view that it is impertinent to ask the survivors of a tragedy to forgive because people generally want redemption and positivity. It also makes sense to me that as a society, we expect too much from survivors of tragedies; we expect them to be more moral but they have every reason to be less so.