Vet­er­an jour­nal­ist Jef­frey L. Katz trav­eled to Ger­many sev­er­al times to explore his family’s roots and meet with local mem­bers of the country’s remem­brance move­ment. He has writ­ten and spo­ken fre­quent­ly about these expe­ri­ences. Katz report­ed, edit­ed, and man­aged at local and nation­al news orga­ni­za­tions in print, broad­cast, and online for more than four decades, includ­ing at NPR.