Germany can make a major difference in the lives of so many Holocaust survivors who are struggling in their later years.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Holocaust committed by the Nazis turned this country, where most of the European Jews used to live and where their culture used to flourish, into a massive grave. This is why initiatives to revive Jewish culture in Poland is so important.
Germany has become a country that many people abroad associate with hope.
But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich.
The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet.
Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffering and distress is the war which the Nazi dictatorship brought upon the world.
German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors.
The Jews must realize that their influence in Germany has disappeared for all time.
The Holocaust also shows us how a combination of events and attitudes can erode a society's democratic values.
Holocaust survivors came to Israel in order to establish a new human society where nobody would be able to hurt them just because they're Jewish. This is both a furious and vulnerable message.
The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him.
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