The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.

For me the Holocaust was not only a Jewish tragedy, but also a human tragedy. After the war, when I saw that the Jews were talking only about the tragedy of six million Jews, I sent letters to Jewish organizations asking them to talk also about the millions of others who were persecuted with us together - many of them only because they helped Jews.

Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.

The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because they knew, psychologically, that naked people never resist.

When history looks back I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it.

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

My cause was justice, not vengeance. My work is for a better tomorrow and a more secure future for our children and grandchildren.