Sunflower : On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness

English

ISBN: 0805210601

EAN: 9780805210606

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Political/Self-Help / General/History / Holocaust/History / Military / World War Ii/

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Release Date: 04/30/1998

Synopsis: 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 Wiesenthals 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 Wiesenthals questions are not limited to events of the past. Often surprising and always thought provoking, The Sunflowerwill challenge you to define your beliefs about justice, compassion, and human responsibility.

Sunflower : On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Edition: 2

Height: 0.67 inches

Width: 5.35 inches

Length: 8.03 inches

Weight: 9.95 oz

Pages: 304