Melissa D. Hughes
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
― Elie Wiesel
Photo Credits:
Left top: Two young Gypsy children embrace while a third looks on. USHMM, #66313.
Left lower: Romani couple at Belzec Camp. USHMM.
Right: Settela Steinbach, a Dutch Romani girl on a transport train to Auschwitz, 1943. NIOD.
Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are…the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions.
― Primo Levi
The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction.
―Tim Holden
