Laura Schulmann, second from right, and Sophie Steiert, right, listen to questions from students about Jewish daily life in Germany during a lesson about the religion at the Bohnstedt Gymnasium high school in Luckau, Germany. The lesson was part of a project to remember the Holocaust and teach schoolchildren about Jewish life. (Markus Schreiber/AP) “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” This is a quote from George Orwell’s “1984,” a book published in 1949 that is sadly relevant today. While “1984? is a work of fiction, it’s a cautionary tale that seems to...