Last week, I had the honor of meeting a 90 year old Auschwitz survivor. He saw family members gunned down by the SS and was in the concentration camp for over 9 months. He has a warm, happy and generous outlook on life. He told me the following story:
“I was liberated by american soldiers and then had to make my way back home to Poland. After an emotional reunion with my family, my mom turned to me and said,
‘ I hope they didn’t teach you to hate. If you have learned hate then the Nazis won the war.’ “
I found this to be profoundly relevant to the times we are living through.
