Articles Tweet Understanding The Past Through Qoutes About Holocaust Events One of the things that is very difficult for modern people to understand about the Holocaust is how it could come about at all. It was built up, step by careful step, through the hateful behaviors and strategies of the Nazi Party. It is very likely that few people, in Germany or elsewhere, set out to inflict the horrors of the Holocaust on an unsuspecting world. However, as the racist Nazi Party reshaped Germany in its image, the truth of their plan was too horrible for many to contemplate. For this reason, it is crucial that people speak out when they see violence, oppression and injustice. Here are some key quotes: “The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction.” - Tim Holden “Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the Holocaust itself, because they never gave up the faith that one day they would be free to live as Jews without fear.” - Jonathan Sacks "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." - Aharon Appelfeld "There were many ways of not burdening one's conscience, of shunning responsibility, looking away, keeping mum. When the unspeakable truth of the Holocaust then became known at the end of the war, all too many of us claimed that they had not known anything about it or even suspected anything." - Richard von Weizsaecker "The Nazis victimized some people for what they did, some for what they refused to do, some for what they were, and some for the fact that they were." - John Conway "... in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again." - Anne Frank Help us fight against Holocaust denial by Donating to our cause, You will recieve an Exclusive "Hitler's Children" DVD. Buy the DVD. Photo credit: Foter.com / CC BY-SA The Importance Of Holocaust Books The Holocaust Facts