How we cite our quotes: (Sentence)
Quote #4
But then, there were human beings who were sensitive to our tragedy. Those non-Jews, those Christians, that we call the "Righteous Gentiles," whose selfless acts of heroism saved the honor of their faith. Why were they so few? Why was there a greater effort to save SS murderers after the war than to save their victims during the war? Why did some of America's largest corporations continue to do business with Hitler's Germany until 1942? (93-97)
Elie Wiesel paints a vivid and disturbing picture of the suffering and tragedy that occurred throughout the 20th century, and he repeatedly mentions how very few people stepped in to try and stop it.
But Wiesel does give a shout-out to the Righteous Gentiles, non-Jews who saw what was happening around them and took a stand against it. According to Wiesel, the selflessness and heroism of the Righteous Gentiles is the kind of behavior the rest of the world needs to emulate going into the next century. That way, if and when horrible things happen, larger populations step up and fight for the victims who can't fight for themselves.
Quote #5
But this time, the world was not silent. This time, we do respond. This time, we intervene. (104-106)
The horrors Elie Wiesel and millions of others experienced during the Holocaust weren't the result of a single person, or even a single group. Multiple factors contributed to the Holocaust—including mass indifference to the suffering and the killing simply because it was easier to feign ignorance than to fight against atrocity.