Auschwitz is a place in which tragedy cannot occur.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there.
To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.
Sometimes I am asked if I know 'the response to Auschwitz; I answer that not only do I not know it, but that I don't even know if a tragedy of this magnitude has a response.
I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz.
The sad and horrible conclusion is that no one cared that Jews were being murdered... This is the Jewish lesson of the Holocaust and this is the lesson which Auschwitz taught us.
Auschwitz will forever remain the black hole of the entire human history.
Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity.
When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
We cannot get by Auschwitz. We should not even try, as great as the temptation is, because Auschwitz belongs to us, is branded into our history, and - to our benefit! - has made possible an insight that could be summarized as, 'Now we finally know ourselves.'
There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.