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The Sunflower

On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (Newly Expanded Paperback Edition)

By Simon Wiesenthal

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| Paperback | 9780805210606

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While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between coContinue

While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between compassion and justice, silence and truth, Wiesenthal said nothing.  But even years after the way had ended, he wondered: Had he done the right thing? What would you have done in his place?

In this important book, fifty-three distinguished men and women respond to Wiesenthal's questions. They are theologians, political leaders, writers, jurists, psychiatrists, human rights activists, Holocaust survivors, and victims of attempted genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, China and Tibet. Their responses, as varied as their experiences of the world, remind us that Wiesenthal's questions are not limited to events of the past.  Often surprising and always thought provoking, The Sunflower will challenge you to define your beliefs about justice, compassion, and human responsibility.

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    I recently consulted a guidebook to Amsterdam. In its recommended reading section it naturally included Simon Schama's classic study of Dutch culture, The Embarrassment of Riches. But the author introduced this by explaining that before he was on tel ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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    After the usual midweek lull, the Hay festival began to pick up pace again yesterday in time for the grand finale. The first of the weekend's headlining authors, Alexander McCall Smith and Ben Okri, took to the stage to discuss their latest outings. ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 304 Pages
  • Edition: Rev Exp Su
  • ISBN-10: 0805210601
  • ISBN-13: 9780805210606
  • Publisher: Schocken
  • Pub date: May 01, 1998
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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