Thomas Van de Putte is assistant professor in Sociology at the University of Trento. He works on questions of collective Holocaust memory, combining perspectives from sociology, linguistics and cultural studies. He published his first monograph, Contemporary Auschwitz/ Oswiecim, in 2021, and his second monograph, Outsourcing the European Past, in 2024.

• Acknowledgements Introduction. Distance and the Holocaust: Four Strategies. Chapter 1: A Morally Meaningless Holocaust Chapter 2: Holocaust Memory without Emotions Chapter 3: Narrating the Holocaust as System: Getting Rid of Actors and Experiences. Chapter 4: Distancing the Holocaust with Sick Humour Conclusion Bibliography Index

Thomas Van de Putte is assistant professor in Sociology at the University of Trento. He works on questions of collective Holocaust memory, combining perspectives from sociology, linguistics and cultural studies. He published his first monograph, Contemporary Auschwitz/ Oswiecim, in 2021, and his second monograph, Outsourcing the European Past, in 2024.

• Acknowledgements Introduction. Distance and the Holocaust: Four Strategies. Chapter 1: A Morally Meaningless Holocaust Chapter 2: Holocaust Memory without Emotions Chapter 3: Narrating the Holocaust as System: Getting Rid of Actors and Experiences. Chapter 4: Distancing the Holocaust with Sick Humour Conclusion Bibliography Index

Thomas Van de Putte is assistant professor in Sociology at the University of Trento. He works on questions of collective Holocaust memory, combining perspectives from sociology, linguistics and cultural studies. He published his first monograph, Contemporary Auschwitz/ Oswiecim, in 2021, and his second monograph, Outsourcing the European Past, in 2024.

• Acknowledgements Introduction. Distance and the Holocaust: Four Strategies. Chapter 1: A Morally Meaningless Holocaust Chapter 2: Holocaust Memory without Emotions Chapter 3: Narrating the Holocaust as System: Getting Rid of Actors and Experiences. Chapter 4: Distancing the Holocaust with Sick Humour Conclusion Bibliography Index