Monster Essays - The Holocaust
"If we were not an eternal people before, we are an eternal
people after the Holocaust, in both its very positive and very
negative sense. We have not only survived, we have revived
ourselves. In a very real way, we have won. We were
victorious. But in a very real way, we have lost. We'll never
recover what was lost. We can't assess what was lost. Who
knows what beauty and grandeur six million could have
contributed to the world? Who can measure it up? What
standard do you use? How do you count it? How do you
estimate it...? We lost. The world lost, whether they know it or
admit it. It doesn't make any difference. And yet w....
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