Ellie Wiesel died yesterday. He survived the worst that Hitler could do to man, and wrote a book about it (more than one).
I emplore everybody to read one of his books. What he endured was amazing, but his outlook on life is even more amazing. Humanity took a hit with his passing.
Very sad. so much of what happened there will be forever lost because so many died. Him documenting his experiences was one of the greatest things he could do for mankind.
I had lunch with him as a high school student. One on one. The tattoo from auschowtz still sends chills up my spine.
He's also the reason I believe in god. He had incredible faith despite all he had been through.
The world has lost an incredible man.
We're reaching the end of so many from thy era. Anyone who lived through WW2 saw something uniquely terrible, we owe it to them the bear witness and hear their stories while we can.
If you ever need to be reminded of the absolute depths of cruelty that man can inflict on his fellow man read his books. Or read the testimony of some of the survivors of the holocaust at the Nuremberg Trials that are available online. Impossible not to be affected...
Basil Exposition wrote: If you ever need to be reminded of the absolute depths of cruelty that man can inflict on his fellow man read his books. Or read the testimony of some of the survivors of the holocaust at the Nuremberg Trials that are available online. Impossible not to be affected...
Thos is a very true statement. You can also learn a lot about the human will to continue on. I had to read one of his books for a class. I was ticked becaustthe book was soo difficult to read. But, it didn't take long for me to realize the gravity of his writings and the reason why we should remember those events and that time.
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