An edition of Sonnenblume (1969)

The sunflower

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An edition of Sonnenblume (1969)

The sunflower

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While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. This encounter and the moral dilemma it posed raise fundamental questions about the limits and possibilities of forgiveness. Must we, can we forgive the repentant criminal? Can we forgive crimes committed against others? What do we owe the victims? Thirty-five years after the Holocaust, Wiesenthal asked leading intellectuals what they would have done in his place.

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Publisher
Schocken Books
Language
English
Pages
216

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Cover of: The sunflower
The sunflower: on the possibilities and limits of forgiveness
1997, Schocken Books
in English - Rev. and expanded ed., 2nd. ed.
Cover of: The sunflower
The sunflower
1976, Schocken Books
in English
Cover of: The sunflower
The sunflower: with a symposium
1976, Schocken Books
in English

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New York

Edition Notes

Translation of Die Sonnenblume.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
179/.7
Library of Congress
D810.J4 W5313 1976

The Physical Object

Pagination
216 p. ;
Number of pages
216

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5208460M
Internet Archive
sunflower00wies
ISBN 10
0805236120
LCCN
75035446
OCLC/WorldCat
1975088
Library Thing
77303
Goodreads
133789

Work Description

While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between compassion and justice, silence and truth, Wiesenthal said nothing. But even years after the way had ended, he wondered: Had he done the right thing? What would you have done in his place?In this important book, fifty-three distinguished men and women respond to Wiesenthal's questions. They are theologians, political leaders, writers, jurists, psychiatrists, human rights activists, Holocaust survivors, and victims of attempted genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, China and Tibet. Their responses, as varied as their experiences of the world, remind us that Wiesenthal's questions are not limited to events of the past. Often surprising and always thought provoking, The Sunflower will challenge you to define your beliefs about justice, compassion, and human responsibility.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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