Imre Kertez: interview analysis

Since we are now starting with the novel "Fatelessness" by Imre kertez, it would be proper to listen and analyse an interview of him. The video is the following one:

The questions are the following ones: 

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?

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

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

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

5. Which metaphor does Imre use to exemplify the effect of FATELESSNESS on its readers?

Answers:

1- It makes you feel vulnerable, and for me, it makes you feel trapped, because it is like a maze.

2-He mentions that he is now living in Germany, the country that once tried to kill him. The paradox comes when he also tells us that Imre feels free in Germany, even more than on Hungary.

3-Antisemitism before the holocaust was basically just words, they didn't know how it would be to act, following their ideals. There is some people now on days, antisemites, that want what happened during the holocaust; this is the antisemitism of the days we are living.

4-It means that we already know, or will know, about what happened, so, supposedly, we won't do it again. It somehow prepare us for what we may face in the future.

5-Not knowing about the holocaust is like a box on our souls, that, one day, will be released, and it will start doing what already happened.