"I cannot think of a better tribute to Raoul Wallenberg than for each of us -- as individuals and as nations -- to reaffirm our determination to live the values that defined his life, and to make the same choice in our time. And so today we say that we will make a habit of empathy. We will stand against anti-Semitism and hatred, in all its forms. We will choose to recognize the beauty and dignity and worth of every person and every child. And we will choose to instill in the hearts of our own children the love and tolerance and compassion that we seek.
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Today we stand in awe of the courage of one man who earned his place in the Righteous Among the Nations. And we pray for the day when all peoples and nations find the same strength -- to recognize the humanity that we share, and to summon in our own lives our capacity for good; to live with tolerance and respect; to treat everyone with dignity, and to provide our children with the peace that they deserve."
Här är hela talet från synagogan.
Och här finns det live på svt.
Här är en länk till Yad Vashems hemsida om Righteous Among the Nations. Och här Wikipedias information på svenska.
Några av mina bloggar från ett besök på Yad Vashem:
”De skall i mitt hus, inom mina murar, få ett namn, ett äreminne [”Yad Vashem”] ... ett evigt, oförgängligt namn skall jag ge dem.”
Yad Vashem Memorial Pin
Studenter + vykort + The International School for Holocaust Studies
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