After decades of philosophical silence about the Holocaust - arguably humanity's darkest moment - a groundbreaking double issue of The Philosophical Forum attempts to confront what most scholars have avoided. While representing an important step forward, this collection of ten papers reveals both the promise and limitations of philosophical engagement with genocide, evil, responsibility, and theological crisis. Through systematic examination of the issue's contents, significant contributions emerge in Lang's conceptual analysis of genocide and critical reassessments of Hannah Arendt's work on Eichmann and totalitarianism. The papers also grapple with German collective responsibility and theological responses to profound challenges to traditional theism. However, several contributions display notable weaknesses, particularly in their attempts to preserve unchanged theological frameworks despite the Holocaust's devastating implications. Though the collection marks a tentative beginning for philosophical Holocaust studies, much of the analysis remains troublingly abstract and detached from the historical specificity and moral urgency of the events themselves. While the emergence of philosophical interest in the Holocaust represents crucial progress, these initial efforts highlight how much work remains in developing approaches that fully engage with this history's horror and complexity.