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Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.


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For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.



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Freedom is not a gift of heaven, you have to fight for it every day



The combination of hatred and technology is the greatest danger threatening mankind.

The combination of hatred and technology is the greatest danger threatening mankind.



For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people.

For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people.



What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands.

What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands.



There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters.

There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters.



Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.



Hatred can be nurtured anywhere, idealism can be perverted into sadism anywhere. If hatred and sadism combine with modern technology the inferno could erupt anew anywhere.

Hatred can be nurtured anywhere, idealism can be perverted into sadism anywhere. If hatred and sadism combine with modern technology the inferno could erupt anew anywhere.



The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can build, we must build, a defence against repetition.

The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can build, we must build, a defence against repetition.



Even before I had had time to really think things through, I realized we must not forget. If all of us forgot, the same thing might happen again, in 20 or 50 or 100 years.

Even before I had had time to really think things through, I realized we must not forget. If all of us forgot, the same thing might happen again, in 20 or 50 or 100 years.





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It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.



Yeah, I think if I were to go again, I'd try to go more on gut feelings and stick with it. I was on to Frederique. I found clues for everything, I found tons of stuff.

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Poverty is abandonment. We have abandoned the poor.

Poverty is abandonment. We have abandoned the poor.




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