Dr Diana I. Popescu is a Research Fellow at Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research explores public memory of the Holocaust as expressed in contemporary art, memorials and museums.
As we approach a time when witnesses of the Holocaust will no longer be amongst us to give a first-hand account of their past, memorial events should do more than re-tell their stories and keep their memories alive - they must involve a more direct confrontation with urgent problems we face today