Simon WiesenthalThinkers

Forgetting time takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision.

Forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision.

History is the history of crimes, against which only information is a defense.

The Holocaust is not only a Jewish tragedy, but also a human tragedy, whereby millions of others were persecuted, many of them only because they helped Jews.

The Holocaust is an event whose survival is a privilege which entails obligations towards those who didn't survive.

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

Technology is, when combined with hatred, the greatest danger threatening mankind.

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