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SPEAK UP
When we are tempted to look away or even join in…
‘We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.’
Elie Weisel, Holocaust survivor
Simone Arnold
‘At school I was under more and more pressure to heil Hitler. But I refused because in my heart I could never honour a man in this way as if he were a god who could save people. I was arrested at the age of 12’
Simone Arnold
Speak out
‘Nothing that I can do will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice I can help the greatest of all causes – goodwill among men and peace on earth’.
Albert Einstein, Scientist
Genocide in Cambodia
Rwanda
Bosnia
and Darfur
We have to speak up when we see that something is wrong
First they came for the CommunistsAnd I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist.Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak outBecause I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionistsAnd I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak outBecause I was not a Jew.Then they came for me
And there was no one left To speak out for me
Holocaust Memorial Day