"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference." Elie Wiesel

[Behind the Aegis]

The secure world of Wiesel's childhood ended abruptly with the arrival of the Nazis in Sighet in 1944. The Jewish inhabitants of the village were deported en masse to concentration camps in Poland. The 15-year-old boy was separated from his mother and sister immediately on arrival in Auschwitz. He never saw them again. He managed to remain with his father for the next year as they were worked almost to death, starved, beaten, and shuttled from camp to camp on foot, or in open cattle cars, in driving snow, without food, proper shoes, or clothing. In the last months of the war, Wiesel's father succumbed to dysentery, starvation, exhaustion and exposure. source

[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R! Thank you so much for posting this...

What an amazing human being, to have suffered so much terrible loss and to spend an entire lifetime giving back... He really did spread light in the darkness.

[JI7]

2. how true. i'm often more frustrated by those who just seem to not have any interest

on certain matters rather than those with differing opinions .

[Skittles]

3. someone who truly made a difference

[Hekate]

4. Thank you for this, Aegis.

[Sherman A1]

5. I was fortunate to see him speak here

several years ago. It was an inspiring and a wonderful evening.

[brer cat]

6. A beautiful tribute, BtA.

Never forget.

[Happyhippychick]

7. Thank you

[smirkymonkey]

8. A very wise man. Thank you for posting!

[appalachiablue]

9. Thank you for the fine tribute to a remarkable man of great courage & determination.

Indifference causes so much neglect, pain and destruction. Strength, goodness and justice are to be cherished.

[LostOne4Ever]

10. Putting this back to the top of the Forum where it belongs