Close Quote by Norman Finkelstein

When I was four or five years old, I heard a lot of stories about the Holocaust because both my parents were survivors. I'm…

— Christian Boltanski

My mother and father had been through the Holocaust. The family was wiped out. I grew up never knowing aunts, uncles, or grandparents.

— Elizabeth Diller

The Holocaust is a great warning to us all. We shall never forget our sisters and brothers. We have to ensure it is not…

— Shimon Peres

I was living in Germany in the thirties, and I knew that Hitler had made it his mission to exterminate all Jews, especially the…

— Roman Vishniac

I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how much the…

— Naomi Benaron

We must remember both the sacrifices and service of the Greatest Generation who secured freedom and prosperity for our world, as well as the…

— Mikie Sherrill

My original interest in the Nazi holocaust was personal. Both my father and mother were survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Nazi concentration…

— Norman Finkelstein

Parents don't realize that when they teach you about the Holocaust too early, it ruins you for life.

— Judd Apatow

Remembering is a necessary rebuke to those who say the Holocaust never happened or has been exaggerated.

— Kofi Annan

The obligation to remember is inscribed on every Holocaust memorial, but even the words 'Never Forget' become irksome eventually.

— Howard Jacobson

My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible…

— Amy Bloom

It was really hard coming to terms with the Nazi history. Then in my twenties I was traveling to Germany. There was a lot…

— Anne Waldman