In Milan Kundera's "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting," Hubl discusses the process of erasing a people's identity through the destruction of their cultural and historical memory. He emphasizes that by obliterating books and cultural artifacts, a society's recollection of its past can be easily diminished. This erasure leads to the creation of a new narrative that replaces the original history, resulting in a collective amnesia regarding a nation’s true heritage.

This manipulation of memory highlights how significant cultural and historical elements are essential to a people's identity. As the original memories fade, the new, manufactured history becomes the accepted narrative, both for the nation and the world around it. Hubl's quote serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of preserving cultural identity against forces that seek to rewrite history.