“The duty of the survivor is to bear testimony to what happened. . . You have to warn people that these things can happen, that evil can be unleashed. Race hatred, violence, idolatries—they still flourish.”

—  Elie Wiesel

As quoted in "Will Hatred Ever End?", in The Watchtower (15 June 1995)

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writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and … 1928–2016

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