None of my clients - not Eichmann, not Stangl, not Mengele, and not even Hitler or Stalin - was born a criminal. Somebody had to teach them to hate: maybe the society, maybe the politics, maybe just a Jewish prostitute.

Quote by Simon Wiesenthal

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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...

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...

Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster.

Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster.

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...

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...

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.

Justice for crimes against humanity must have no limitations.

Justice for crimes against humanity must have no limitations.

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

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

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...

For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the...

For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the...

Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster.

Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster.

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...

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...

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...

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...

God must have been on leave during the Holocaust.

God must have been on leave during the Holocaust.

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.