Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthalwas an Austrian Nazi hunter and writer. He was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth31 December 1908
CityBuchach, Ukraine
CountryAustria
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Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.
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The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.
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If you know from history the danger, then part of the danger is over because it may not take you by surprise as it did your ancestors.
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Technology without hate can be so beneficial for mankind, but in conjunction with hatred, it leads to disaster.
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I have lost my mother, my father, my five, and ninety relatives in Poland. Poland is for me a cemetery.
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Violence is like a weed - it does not die even in the greatest drought.
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God must have been on leave during the Holocaust.
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Forgetting is something that time takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision.
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Justice for crimes against humanity must have no limitations.
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My cause was justice, not vengeance. My work is for a better tomorrow and a more secure future for our children and grandchildren.
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The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.
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I know I am not only the bad conscience of the Nazis. I am also the bad conscience of the Jews. Because what I have taken up as my duty was everybody's duty.
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There were millions of such families anxious only for peace and quiet in their own little nests. These were the mounting blocks by which the criminals climbed to power and kept it.
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Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster.