Edward Bond Quotes

Auschwitz will forever remain the black hole of the entire human history.

Sometimes I am asked if I know 'the response to Auschwitz; I answer that not only do I not know it, but that I don't even know if a tragedy of this magnitude has a response.

No one will ever understand Auschwitz.

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

I have a ton of Holocaust stuff, and some of it is really hard core.

To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.

The Holocaust, taken by itself, is a black hole. To look at it directly is to be swallowed up by it.

There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.

I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz.

What I'm trying to say is the Holocaust was a horrific crime against humanity and frankly, I would never want to see that repeated.

I've been to Dachau.

I will never forget the moment when Peter van Pels and I saw a group of selected men. Among those men was Peter's father. The men were marched away. Two hours later, a lorry came by, loaded with their clothing.

I can't really remember a time in my life when I didn't know something about what we call the Holocaust. It was this dark topic that I would know more about when I got older, but which was spoken about in hushed tones.

During the first 3 years at Auschwitz, 2 million people died; over the next 2 years - 3 million.

I believe that the Holocaust is the most significant event in human history.

The truth about the Holocaust must not die.

The Holocaust is as real a historical event as World War II itself and not to be challenged.

My mother arrived in Brussels in 1938 from a small town near Krakow. But strangely enough, in 1942 or 1943, she was taken back to Auschwitz, which was just 30 miles from where she grew up. Her parents died there and a lot of her family.

Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.

Perhaps some day someone will explain how, on the level of man, Auschwitz was possible; but on the level of God, it will forever remain the most disturbing of mysteries.

No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz.

So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there.

The early years of my life were very, very traumatic. It was scary, because any child knew that death was sort of lurking around Europe as far as Jews were concerned.

I learned a great deal doing Brooklyn Bridge. I was able to take a giant step into the terrible reality that was then. We saw the cattle cars that took folks away. Just knowing it was real, it would be impossible not to feel.

Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity.