Quotes and Phrases about National Socialism

Vogel: "What does the diary tell you that it doesn't tell us?"
Dr. Henry Jones: "It tells me that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try reading books instead of burning them!"

Henry Jones in Indiana Jones - 3: and the Last Crusade

When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn't a Jew.
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.

Martin Niemöller

We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning.

George Steiner

In the concentration camps, we discovered this whole universe where everyone had his place. The killer came to kill, and the victims came to die.

Elie Wiesel

We must never forget she was just 21 years old when she was killed by the Nazis, but she possessed a life-affirming personality no dictatorship could ever silence.

Frank McDonough - about Sophie Scholl

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It's our "white" responsibility to make sure people who speak out about racism are safe at all times. This means ending structural racism in our societies, authorities and media.

Carola Rackete

Racism

Nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.

Madeline Miller in The Song of Achilles

Racism

Nationalists are saying, "you're disrespecting our flag." Well, you know what else is disrespectful to our flag? Racism.

Steve Kerr - September 2017

Racism

God judges men by their hearts, not by the color of their skins.

Harriet Ann Jacobs - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Tolerance Racism Skin

America promises equal opportunity to everyone, no matter who you are. You can go to a good school, get a great job, live in a great house. But non of that is possible without that white man's stamp of approval.

Colin Kaepernick in Colin in Black & White - Season 1 Episode 2

Racism

I have never really understood why in this country so many people look down on black people.

Lonnie Johnson

Racism

The greatest danger for all of us begins with forgetting. With no longer remembering what we inflict upon one another when we tolerate antisemitism and racism in our midst.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier - January 2021

Racism Holocaust Antisemitismus

Let's speak the truth: People are protesting because Black people have been treated as less than human in America. Because our country has never fully addressed the systemic racism that has plagued our country since its earliest days. It is the duty of every American to fix. In times like this, silence is complicity.

Kamala Harris - June 2020

Racism

It is not enough to be "not a racist". We have to be anti-racist!

Frank-Walter Steinmeier (as President of Germany) - June 2020

Racism

I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough.

Michael Jordan - June 2020

Racism 2020 Death of George Floyd

I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It's time to lay it down. We all came here in different ships, but now we're all in the same boat.

John Lewis

Racism

We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.

Sargent Shriver

Racism

Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices.

Sargent Shriver

Racism

Our constitution includes this wonderful article 1: "Human dignity is inviolable." What we're experiencing every day: Aggression against Jews, aggression against immigrants, violence and hate speech - that's what we have to stand up against!

Angela Merkel (as Chancellor of Germany) - September 2019

Human Rights Racism Dignity German Constitution

We must acknowledge that issues like systemic racism, economic inequality, and the achievement gap are the result of manmade policies.

Ayanna Pressley

Humanity Economy Racism

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

William Butler Yeats

Foolishness Opinions Racism Conspiracy Theories

There's no question in my mind that those people want to have a war. They're determined to be a world power and seem to feel that's the only way to become one. Those storm troopers are awesome. The atmosphere in Berlin - well, I've never sensed such tension.

Gary Cooper

1938 World War II

Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the one hand and with her unswerving fidelity to the British Commonwealth and the Motherland on the other, is the link which joins together these great branches of the human family.

Winston Churchill - September 1941

Canada 1941

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

Winston Churchill - 1941, zu einem Bündnis mit Stalin

Adolf Hitler Devil 1941 World War II

There can be no poetry after Auschwitz.

Theodor W. Adorno

Holocaust

Jewish communities are warning their members to avoid specific places for their own safety - today, here in Germany, almost 80 years after the Holocaust.

Robert Habeck - November 2023

Judaism Holocaust 2023

Israel was created exactly 70 years ago as a haven for refugees from the Holocaust. But the mistreatment of those suffering from today's atrocities is simply not in line with my Jewish values.

Natalie Portman - April 2018

Israel Holocaust

Mahmoud Abbas accusing Israel of having committed "50 Holocausts" while standing on German soil is not only a moral disgrace, but a monstrous lie.

Yair Lapid (as Prime Minister of Israel) - August 2022

Mahmoud Abbas Holocaust

I am disgusted by the outrageous remarks made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. For us Germans in particular, any relativization of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable.

Olaf Scholz - August 2022

Mahmoud Abbas Holocaust

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

Stephen Ambrose

Holocaust

When the Holocaust happened, I was 15 years old. My parents kept it a secret from me, despite belonging to the Red Cross. I only found out about it much later. Even today I still feel guilty, because I was an ignoramus between the age of 15 and 25. I am sorry I couldn't stand up for them.

Jean-Luc Godard

Holocaust

I've come to believe it's not so much what you believe, it's how hard you believe it.

Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones - 5: and the Dial of Destiny

Faith

Sallah: "I miss waking up every morning wondering what wonderful adventure the new day will bring to us."
Indy: "Those days have come and gone."
Sallah: "Perhaps. Perhaps not."

Sallah in Indiana Jones - 5: and the Dial of Destiny

Adventures

The age of the book is almost gone.

George Steiner

Books

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

George Steiner

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

Elie Wiesel

Memories Culture

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel

Bullying Neutrality

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