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Quotes from American Soldiers/Holocaust Survivors Reunion   9/22-26/09

Compiled by Mrs. Hales, English teacher, Hudson Falls High School.

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• “How could we [the world] have stood by and let that happen to them?  We owe them.”   Carrol Walsh, 743^rd Tank Battalion, Liberator
• “I often wonder what this world would be like if those 6 million had never perished.”  Frank Towers, 30^th Infantry Division, Liberator
• “Against all odds I am standing here before you.”  Steven Barry, Holocaust Survivor, (Hungary, Florida)
• “I tell my story so that they might tell the next generation.”  Sara Atzmon, Holocaust Survivor, artist, (Hungary, Israel)
• “Love gives us wings to soar above it all.”  Sara Atzmon, Holocaust Survivor, artist, (Hungary, Israel)
• “Hatred is something we must fight against.”  Leslie Meisels, Holocaust Survivor, (Hungary, Toronto)
• “Silence helps the oppressors.” Leslie Meisels, Holocaust Survivor, (Hungary, Toronto)
• “I tell my story so that it won’t become your future.”  Leslie Meisels, Holocaust Survivor, (Hungary, Toronto)
• “We cannot be lax at all.  We must keep the faith.  We must tell others.”  Buster Simmons, Chaplain, 30^th Infantry Division Veterans of WWII.
• “I’m listed as a liberator, but I’m a survivor of WWII.”  William Gast, 743^rd Tank Battalion
• “We keep the faith.”  Motto of the 743^rd Tank Battalion
• “Freedom is not free; there is a high price tag attached.”  William Gast, 743^rd Tank Battalion
• “We must ever be thankful [for our freedom].  We must NEVER take freedom for granted.”  William Gast, 743^rd Tank Battalion
• “After they gave us back our lives, we needed to live each day.”  Paul Arato, Holocaust Survivor, (Hungary;  Toronto, Canada)
• “I live some of the horrors of 65 years ago everyday.”  Paul Arato, Holocaust Survivor, (Hungary;  Toronto, Canada)
• “You have the power to heal the world.”  Lev Raphael, son of Holocaust survivors
• “Don’t be a bystander.”  Mr. Rozell, see below.

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