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“You know how many reasons we have to be desperate and despairing, the world is not learning anything. We have seen that.”

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Elie Wiesel

A renowned Jewish author and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Elie Wiesel is known for his profound literary achievements and for recording and spreading the history of the Holocaust as a survivor. His works deeply reveal the terror of the Nazi Holocaust and the universal nature of human suffering. more

“If anyone had told us in 1945 that there are certain battles we'll have to fight again we wouldn't have believed it. Racism, anti-Semitism, starvation of children and, who would have believed that? At least I was convinced then, naively, that at least something happened in history that, because of myself, certain things cannot happen again.”

Ifs Children Happens Certain Fighting Happened Battle Racism Convinced Things Happen Starvation Anti Semitism

Author:Elie Wiesel

“I was convinced that hatred among nations and among people perished in Auschwitz. It didn't. The victims died but the haters are still here.”

People Stills Nations Hatred Died Victim Convinced Auschwitz

Author:Elie Wiesel

“Often I say to myself "Really, what are we doing on this planet?" We are passing the message as well as we can, communicating our fears, our hopes ... Day in day out, week after week and year after year, people kill each other.”

People Years Wells Week Planets Messages Communicate Passing Passings

Author:Elie Wiesel

“I'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil things when their memories could contain and should invoke good things?”

People Should Philosophy Evil Speak Memories Students Good Things Invoke Evil Things

Author:Elie Wiesel