Simon Wiesenthal

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.

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

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

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

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Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.

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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.

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

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Quotes by Simon Wiesenthal