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.

Quote by Simon Wiesenthal

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

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

We know that we are not collectively guilty, so how can we accuse any other...

We know that we are not collectively guilty, so how can we accuse any other...

The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because...

The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because...

Violence is like a weed - it does not die even in the greatest drought.

Violence is like a weed - it does not die even in the greatest drought.

The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home...

The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home...

I know I am not only the bad conscience of the Nazis. I am also...

I know I am not only the bad conscience of the Nazis. I am also...

Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can...

Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can...

There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for...

There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for...

Camaraderie ends when crime begins.

Camaraderie ends when crime begins.

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile...

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile...

But I am not a hater.

But I am not a hater.

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

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

God must have been on leave during the Holocaust.

God must have been on leave during the Holocaust.

Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.

Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.

When history looks back, I waI'm more aware of time. The element of time. nt...

When history looks back, I waI'm more aware of time. The element of time. nt...

The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information...

The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information...

None of my clients - not Eichmann, not Stangl, not Mengele, and not even Hitler...

None of my clients - not Eichmann, not Stangl, not Mengele, and not even Hitler...

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than...

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...