There were millions of such families anxious only for peace and quiet in their own little nests. These were the mounting blocks by which the criminals climbed to power and kept it. — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
When history looks back, I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it. — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals. — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
We know that we are not collectively guilty, so how can we accuse any other nation, no matter what some of its people have… — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
You're a religious man, ... You believe in God and life after death. I also believe. When we come to the other world and meet the millions of Jews who died in the camps and they ask us, 'What have you done?' there will be many answers. You will say, 'I became a jeweler.' Another will say, 'I smuggled coffee… — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share
Even before I had had time to really think things through, I realized we must not forget. If all of us forgot, the same thing might happen again, in 20 or 50 or 100 years. — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share
The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because they knew, psychologically, that naked people never resist. — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be… — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The… — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
