In Germany today, descendants of Nazi perpetrators are confronting their family histories and standing publicly against Holocaust denial and antisemitism. At a time of rising antisemitism and growing Holocaust distortion, their voices offer an unexpected and deeply meaningful answer to an urgent question: when the survivors are no longer here, who will stand up and say clearly that the Holocaust did happen?

In Germany, I found an unexpected answer.

I recently attended the March of Life conference in Tübingen, Germany, a small university town that was a hotbed of Nazism 90 years ago. From this region came individuals responsible for the murder of more than 600,000 Jews during the Holocaust.

I accompanied the inspirational Holocaust survivor Irene Shashar, who came bravely, and not without fear, to speak with descendants of Nazis. Irene lost her childhood in the Holocaust. She witnessed the murder of her father, was smuggled through the sewers of the Warsaw Ghetto, and hid in closets as a terrified young child in order to survive.

Thankfully, she survived.

March of Life was founded in 2007 by Jobst and Charlotte Bittner, German Christians who felt compelled to confront the silence surrounding their nation’s past, including their own family histories. For many participants, the discoveries are devastating. Some uncover SS affiliations. Others find documentation of participation in the Wehrmacht or the Einsatzgruppen units responsible for mass shootings. Their........

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