Quotes

Quotes from the Holocaust

"We need to look squarely at the dark side of human behaviour, at the same time, hold onto the vision of human possibility."

-Snow, Mack, Burt, 1991

"The world is a dangerous place in which to live ... not because of those who do evil, but because of the good people who allow evil to happen."

"We are all different; because of that, each of us has something different and special to offer and each and every one of us can make a difference by not being indifferent."

-Henry Friedman Chairman, Holocaust Education Centre, Seattle, Washington.

"There are some who have no memorial. They are perished as though they had never been. Forget them not."

"There were many ways of not burdening one's conscience, of shunning responsibility, looking away, keeping mum. When the unspeakable truth of the Holocaust then became known at the end of the war, all too many of us claimed that they had not known anything about it or even suspected anything."

-Richard von Weizscker

"I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD who made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved.He that keepeth thee will not slumber. He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper. The LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall keep thee from all evil. He shall keep thy soul. The LORD shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and forevermore. Amen."

-Edith Frank,the Diary of Anne Frank

"The opposite of love is not hatred, but indifference...The opposite of education is not ignorance, but indifference...The opposite of life is not death, but indifference to life and death."

-Elie Wiesel

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"We need to look squarely at the dark side of human behaviour, at the same time, hold onto the vision of human possibility."

-Snow, Mack, Burt, 1991

"The world is a dangerous place in which to live ... not because of those who do evil, but because of the good people who allow evil to happen."

"We are all different; because of that, each of us has something different and special to offer and each and every one of us can make a difference by not being indifferent."

-Henry Friedman Chairman, Holocaust Education Centre, Seattle, Washington.

"There are some who have no memorial. They are perished as though they had never been. Forget them not."

"There were many ways of not burdening one's conscience, of shunning responsibility, looking away, keeping mum. When the unspeakable truth of the Holocaust then became known at the end of the war, all too many of us claimed that they had not known anything about it or even suspected anything."

-Richard von Weizscker

"I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD who made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved.He that keepeth thee will not slumber. He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper. The LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall keep thee from all evil. He shall keep thy soul. The LORD shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and forevermore. Amen."

-Edith Frank,the Diary of Anne Frank

"The opposite of love is not hatred, but indifference...The opposite of education is not ignorance, but indifference...The opposite of life is not death, but indifference to life and death."

-Elie Wiesel

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