night and fog

Doris 2022-03-25 09:01:15

The icy waters of the ponds filled the depressions of the mass graves with ruins, and the biting muddy waters were as dark as our memories. Who among us can keep watch on this strange watchtower to warn the arrival of a new executioner who really looks different from us? Somewhere among us, the surviving prisoner leader lingers, as well as reinstated officers and anonymous whistleblowers, there are always some who refuse to believe, or only believe for a moment, we look at it with sincere attention This ruin, as if the demons of old had been shattered forever under the rocks, when the images in our minds had become faded memories, we pretended to regain hope, as if we had been completely redeemed from the suffering of the concentration camp, we pretended that it was all only Once at a certain time and place, we begin to turn a blind eye to the evil around us, to the incessant cries of humanity...

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  • Pete 2022-04-21 09:03:01

    After reading this, can you still have a good impression of the Nazis?

  • Kimberly 2022-04-22 07:01:45

    After reading it, my heart is still trembling for human beings to make such atrocities. We pretend to believe that everything is over, that all this belongs to another time and another country, but we don't look around us, we don't hear the endless wailing of humanity.

Night and Fog quotes

  • Récitant/Narrator: Grass flourishes on the inspection ground around the blocks. An abandoned village, still heavy with peril. The crematoria are no longer used. The Nazi's cunning is but child's play today. Nine million dead haunt this countryside.

  • Récitant/Narrator: Who among us keeps watch over this strange watchtower to warn the arrival of our new executioners? Are their faces really different from our own?