How Should Britain Remember the Holocaust?
The DailyYou’re reading The New Yorker’s daily newsletter, a guide to our top stories, featuring exclusive insights from our writers and editors. Sign up to receive it in your in-box.In today’s newsletter, Sam Knight on a fight over public space and memory, and then:Inside Trump’s deportation machineEvery mandala tells a secretThe reason our resolutions failIllustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Ben Stansall / AFP / GettyThe Fight for a Holocaust Memorial in LondonPlans for a striking national monument next to the Palace of Westminster have been mired in disagreement for years.The story of the United Kingdom’s victory in the Second World War has been central to the nation’s identity for generations. But certain aspects of the narrative do not fit comfortably within a framework of triumph. “The murder of six million Jews—and the question of whether the British authorities could have done more to save them—complicates an otherwise ennobling story of the country’s heroic stand against Nazism, its finest hour,” Sam Knight writes, in a report from London about a years-long battle to install a memorial marking the Holocaust. The effort “has been beset by delays, legal challenges, rocketing costs, and the emotionally complicated spectacle of very old Holocaust survivors speaking both in favor and against it,” Knight writes—and it has ignited debates about what such a monument in the twenty-first century should strive to communicate. Read the story »The LedePhotograph by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post / GettySheriffs Might Power Trump’s Deportation MachineTo carry out the new Administration’s immigration agenda, the “border czar” is counting on the enthusiasm of local law enforcement. Jessica Pishko reports »More Top StoriesEvery Mandala Tells a SecretFrom 2013: Why We Make Resolutions (and Why They Fail)Daily Cartoon“It’s post-vacation burnout. We’ll have them back to normal, everyday work burnout in no time.”Cartoon by Brendan LoperCopy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copiedShopShopMore Fun & GamesPlay today’s puzzle. The theme: Turnaround time.Shouts & Murmurs: From the Makers of Roach MotelP.S. The actor Adrien Brody is currently starring in Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” which Justin Chang includes as an honorable mention in his list of the year’s best films. Brody’s mother, the photographer Sylvia Plachy, contributed to The New Yorker and was a staff photographer for the Village Voice. In 1991, she was on assignment in Kuwait, in the aftermath of Desert Storm, and captured these striking images.
In today’s newsletter, Sam Knight on a fight over public space and memory, and then:
The Fight for a Holocaust Memorial in London
Plans for a striking national monument next to the Palace of Westminster have been mired in disagreement for years.
The story of the United Kingdom’s victory in the Second World War has been central to the nation’s identity for generations. But certain aspects of the narrative do not fit comfortably within a framework of triumph. “The murder of six million Jews—and the question of whether the British authorities could have done more to save them—complicates an otherwise ennobling story of the country’s heroic stand against Nazism, its finest hour,” Sam Knight writes, in a report from London about a years-long battle to install a memorial marking the Holocaust. The effort “has been beset by delays, legal challenges, rocketing costs, and the emotionally complicated spectacle of very old Holocaust survivors speaking both in favor and against it,” Knight writes—and it has ignited debates about what such a monument in the twenty-first century should strive to communicate. Read the story »
The Lede
Sheriffs Might Power Trump’s Deportation Machine
To carry out the new Administration’s immigration agenda, the “border czar” is counting on the enthusiasm of local law enforcement. Jessica Pishko reports »
Daily Cartoon
P.S. The actor Adrien Brody is currently starring in Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” which Justin Chang includes as an honorable mention in his list of the year’s best films. Brody’s mother, the photographer Sylvia Plachy, contributed to The New Yorker and was a staff photographer for the Village Voice. In 1991, she was on assignment in Kuwait, in the aftermath of Desert Storm, and captured these striking images.
