So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.'
Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity.
Auschwitz speaks against even a right to self-determination that is enjoyed by all other peoples because one of the preconditions for the horror, besides other, older urges, was a strong and united Germany.
My stay in Munich was the scene of my complete liberation.
Auschwitz is a place in which tragedy cannot occur.
Auschwitz will forever remain the black hole of the entire human history.
I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz.
One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling increasingly that I did want to do a Holocaust study and that increasingly I wanted it to be of perpetrators, which I thought was more needed.
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 was interned in Auschwitz for one year. I didn't bring back anything, except for a few jokes, and that filled me with shame. Then again, I didn't know what to do with this fresh experience. For this experience was no literary awakening, no occasion for professional or artistic introspection.