Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.

The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.

I was taught that if you see a person drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can swim or not.

Over a half-century has passed since the hell of the Holocaust, but its spectre still hangs over the world and doesn't allow us to forget.

I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term ‘hero’ irritates me greatly – the opposite is true – I continue to have pangs of conscience that I did so little.

Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.

Humanity has understood nothing. Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood.