"When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in Germany. No one spoke about it anymore, no more in my house than anywhere else"

Anselm Kiefer's quote speaks with the silence that surrounded the Nazi era in Germany in the late 1960s. This silence was prevalent, not just in Kiefer's home, however in the wider society also. This silence was a kind of taboo, a method of avoiding the tough and painful memories of the Nazi age. This silence was a way of avoiding the hard discussions and concerns that required to be asked in order to come to terms with the past. Kiefer's quote speaks with the need to break this silence and to challenge the hard concerns of the past in order to move forward. This quote is a reminder of the importance of facing the past in order to develop a much better future.