SPEAK UP
When we are tempted to look away
or even join in…
‘We must always take sides. Neutrality helps
the oppressor, never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the
tormented.’
Elie Weisel, Holocaust survivor
Simone Arnold
‘At school I was under more
and more pressure to heil
Hitler. But I refused
because in my heart I
could never honour a
man in this way as if he
were a god who could
save people. I was
arrested at the age of 12’
Simone Arnold
Speak out
‘Nothing that I can do will change the
structure of the universe. But maybe, by
raising my voice I can help the greatest of
all causes – goodwill among men and
peace on earth’.
Albert Einstein, Scientist
Genocide in Cambodia
Rwanda
Bosnia
and Darfur
We have to speak up when we see
that something is wrong
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Holocaust Memorial Day