Holocaust Memorialism: Why here? Why now?

But the detailed info was not kept 'under wraps'. Much of it emerged during the Nuremberg and Belsen Trials and what didn't emerge then certainly came to light at the Auschwitz trials in Frankfurt in 1961.

However the question 'What did we know then and Why Didn't we do more About It' is of central importance in considering why the Holocaust has now become such a permanent fixture of western culture. There is an element of punishment at the root of it, as exemplified by much of the architecture which has become associated with Holocaust Memorialisation. The chosen design for the UKNHM adjacent to the Houses of Parliament serves to make the point.