How can the memory of National Socialism be preserved at the threshold of losing the last witnesses? The transfer into cultural memory requires active selection and management and is the responsibility of society, as what is not transformed into lasting forms of collective memory falls into oblivion. Anna Braun situates W. G. Sebald's Austerlitz within the current discourse on memory and remembrance, explaining the mechanisms of individual and collective remembering and forgetting discussed therein, which shape the image of the past and society. What makes Sebald's Austerlitz a novel of remembrance? And what potential qualifies literature to conserve and reflect on memories deemed significant? How are memory and identity interconnected for individuals and society?.