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" There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win. "

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" 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. "

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" Sometimes I am asked if I know 'the response to Auschwitz; I answer that not only do I not know it, but that I don't even know if a tragedy of this magnitude has a response. "

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