Given the scale of the Nazi atrocities and the absence of any regret from the perpetrators, does forgiveness serve any purpose for the victims and their families? Photograph: Getty Images “I have not forgiven any of the culprits nor am I willing to forgive any one of them unless he has shown with deeds not words and not too long afterwards that he has become conscious of the crimes and errors and is determined to condemn them, [to] uproot them from his conscience and that of others.” Primo Levi, Auschwitz survivor. On Friday, Ireland together with other countries commemorates the...