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Nobel Prize-winning Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel on human suffering
"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
Nobel Prize-winning Holocaust survivor, author, and human rights activist who became the world's foremost spokesperson for the Holocaust. His powerful memoir Night detailed his experiences in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps