“ Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”(Wiesel 119). In the book Night by Ellie Wiesel, he tells his story about living through the Holocaust and the horrible events that took place in Auschwitz. It is important to remember the holocaust not only to make sure it doesn't happen again but to also tell the story of those who lost their lives to ensure no one forgets the horrible acts that occurred. The more we stay silent the more we are accomplices to the hatred of the world we have the power to use our voice for good to stop the bad.
First, it's important to remember to make sure that genocide doesn't happen again. It is estimated that over 6 million Jews died during the Holocaust. In Wiesel's Noble Peace Prize speech, he says “Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately” ( 119). He reminds us that when we use our voice, we speak for those who can’t. He also says “ Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”(Wiesel 119). In this quote, Wiesel also reminds us that even if it isn't us being oppressed or oppressing others if we don't use a voice for good, we are just as bad as those persecuting them. If we stay silent we are helping them get away with the terrible
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In his book Night Weisel says “ To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” (xv). This quote makes us think about what it is that we are forgetting, we aren't just forgetting the horrible things that happened but we are also forgetting them as human beings. Another quote by Weisel is “Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow” ( Weisel xiii). We can change the world we live in for the better if we use our voices for good and speak up when we see bad things happening to stop it from getting to the point the Holocaust did. By using our voice we could potentially save