We briefly mentioned Simon Wiesenthal, the man famous for tracking down Nazis and bringing them to justice, in class. I wanted to know more about him and what drove him to carry out this mission. Was he seeking to rid the world of evil or did he want revenge for what him and his family had to endure during the Holocaust. What does his life's work say about the possibility of forgiveness or the ability to forget? I haven't yet come to many answers for these myself but, I do think if there were more men like Simon alive today, then Holocaust deniers would have a much more difficult job of convincing the world the Holocaust didn't happen. The link is to his obituary from the Washington Post.
"You can forgive crimes committed against you personally, but in my opinion you are not authorized to forgive for others" - Simon Wiesenthal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/20/AR2005092000201.html
1 comment:
Ellary,
You really must read The Sunflower - it answers (or poses more questions) on the issues that you think about. It's a short book, you'll read it in an afternoon.
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