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Bearing Witness and Collective Memory

Elie Weisel, 83 (September 12, 2012)
This September 12th, 2012, photo shows Holocaust activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, 83, in his office in New York. Weisel’s latest book is titled, “Open Heart.” (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

“For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”

— Elie Wiesel

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