Simon Sebag Montefiore: History Is Not Over

399.488 - 420.783 Simon Sebag Montefiore

Well, I think what we're coming out of is an extraordinary period. You know, we're coming out of what I would call, depending on how you calculate it, the 70-year peace or the 75-year peace. But in 1945, there was such a shock that all sorts of things became clear. All sorts of taboos were established. For example, you know, we're talking in a synagogue here, the taboo of anti-Semitism itself.