The power of words

A new German dictionary highlights Nazi words to avoid. The “Wörterbuch der ‘Vergangenheitsbewältigung’” (“Dictionary of ‘Coming to Terms with the Past’”) examines around 1,000 words and phrases that have connotations with the Nazis and examines how their usage and meaning has developed since the second world war. Stepehn Smoliar writes in response to the “linguistic minefield” asking “Will any words remain?”