http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/9993f11b52ab4308 https://verfassungsblog.de/never-again-say-never-again/ Never Again Say “Never Again” Weiler, Joseph H.H. eng 2024-07-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Genocide International Law Nationalsozialismus Nationalsozialismus Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 “Never Again” is one of those slogans on which practically everyone can agree. How can one not? (Unless you belong to the flat-earth Holocaust-denial lunatic fringe). When we use “Never Again” it is, of course, a shorthand to the enormity of German National Socialism. The pledge “Never Again” is absolute in time: Never again. It is absolute in space too: “That” cannot and should not ever take place anywhere. It is universal: It bridges Left and Right, North and South, Rich and Poor. Standing at the barricades under the “Never Again” banner is both powerful and self-empowering. But herein lies its potential for abuse. What exactly is the “that” which must never happen again?