In your view would Holocaust survivors qualify as being "experts"?
"In the US or in France a remembrance and openess like that would certainly not be possible."
I agree, there is a prevailing 'official' problem, but it is a topic which is debated.
In terms of France, the despicable pro-Nazi Vichy era is not a subject which the majority of Frenchmen wish to discuss. Relating to America as well as England, there were many victims of Nazism which could have been saved - but were turned away, sent back to the Hell of the Shoah.
"Everyone seems to be an "expert" in Nazi times - the rest is silence."
>> In your view would Holocaust survivors qualify as being "experts"?
I don't know - depends on. Beeing an expert doesn't come from beeing a victim.