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...Holocaust survivor and historian Elic Wiesel was not afraid to tell Reagan of his disappointment as he accepted the Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement on Friday. His words explained eloquently the mistake of forgetting, which is analogous to the U.S.'s failure to act when it knew what was happening in 1941: "in extreme situations when human lives and dignity are at stake, neutrality is a sin. It helps the killers, not the victims." To put the past behind us is to negate its impact, to assume neutrality...
...HOLOCAUST survivor Elie Wiesel so eloquently told him directly on Saturday, Reagan has made many mistakes this week. And his statement last week that he cannot change plans now because he would lose face is absurd. The President in fact missed the ideal opportunity to gain tremendous approval from Americans and others, when Wiesel appealed to him publicly to alter his plans, and on humanitarian grounds avoid Bitburg. Rather than seeming weak, he would in fact have hammered home one of his most cherished points: that he is a President with compassion, a human being with a real respect...
...avoid the concentration camps, the move becomes a highly insulating one. Concentration camp survivors, families of victims, and World War II veterans rightly condemn Reagan for what appears to be an attempt to bury memories of the irrefutable German past, of the six million Jews exterminated in the Holocaust...
WHEN REAGAN visit's Germany in May he should take with him not only the spirit of friendship, but also the spirit of the Holocaust survivors. He can extend the hand of friendship to West German Chancellor Helmut kohl without renouncing any recognition of the last 45 years of history. Recent reports from Germany show that memories and accounts of the death camps may in fact be fading, particularly for the youngest generation of Germans. And The New York Times reported that at last Saturday's official East German ceremony commemorating the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, there...
Reagan's decision to avoid the subject of the Holocaust next month is particularly troubling in the face of such blatant, dangerous revisionism. As he plans his trip, Reagan should heed the words of writer and camp survivor Elie Weisel, on whom he will bestow the Congressional medal of honor this week. Of his teenage years spent in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Weisel wrote in his autobiographical account, Night, "Never shall I forget these things even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself." While Reagan's plea to "look to the future...