The Killers, the Victims, the Bystanders
- Indifference benefits no one, except the bad guys. That's the biggest and most important lesson from the 20th century, and one the world must learn and take with them into the next century.
- During the Holocaust and World War II, people were split into three categories: killers, victims, and bystanders. And while Elie Wiesel and millions like him were in the concentration camps, they all felt abandoned and forgotten.
- The victims believed the leaders of the free world had no idea of the kinds of terrible things they were experiencing.
- They thought if the good guys knew about Hitler's war against the Jews, "those leaders would have moved heaven and earth to intervene" (71).