Auschwitz Quotes

65 Auschwitz quotes by 44 unique authors

There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God. — Primo Levi
Money is like fire, an element as little troubled by moralizing as earth, air and water. Men can employ it as a tool or they… — Lewis H. Lapham
Genocide is like a dessert. It is made of the flesh and bones of woman and children, it is sweetened with the blood of the… — Terry Brooks
I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating, but the radical and universal consciousness of the death of… — R. J. Hollingdale
There has been Anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen… — Nahum Goldmann
No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz. — Art Spiegelman
I remember, when I was in university I studied history, and there was this one major historian of the Third Reich, Ian Kershaw. And his… — Sacha Baron Cohen
People like me are what stand between us and Auschwitz. — Newt Gingrich
I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God… — David Ben-Gurion
Auschwitz exists because of politicized science. — Michael Crichton
Science is now the craft of the manipulation, substitution and deflection of the forces of nature. What I see coming is a gigantic slaughterhouse, an… — Erwin Chargaff
The sincere Christian knows that what died in Auschwitz was not the Jewish people but Christianity. — Elie Wiesel
Perhaps some day someone will explain how, on the level of man, Auschwitz was possible; but on the level of God, it will forever remain… — Elie Wiesel
We will not return No one must leave here and so carry to the world, together with the sign impressed on his skin, the evil… — Primo Levi
Today I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence. — Primo Levi
I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz. — David Irving
The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory… — Philip Gourevitch
There can be no poetry after Auschwitz. — Theodor Adorno
Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay. — Tom Lantos
Auschwitz is a place in which tragedy cannot occur. — Edward Bond
Humanity's become a product and when humanity is a product, you get Auschwitz and you get Chair. — Edward Bond
For Christians, the first priority may be theological self-understanding. For Jews it is, and after Auschwitz must be, simple safety for their children. In pursuit… — Emil Fackenheim
The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indifference. — Ian Kershaw
There is no answer to Auschwitz...To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
I'm not alive. People believe memories grow vague, are erased by time, since nothing endures against the passage of time. That's the difference; time does… — Charlotte Delbo

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