dilemma of forgiveness and reconciliation: Simon Wiesenthal's 'The Sunflower': a Jewish perspective
TitleThe dilemma of forgiveness and reconciliation: Simon Wiesenthal's 'The Sunflower': a Jewish perspective
Author
Call number940.5318/0275
Object number04683ad
Place of publicationLanham, Maryland, United States
PublisherUniversity Press of America
Year of publication
1993
Physical descriptionpp 441-449
MaterialArticle
Series titleStudies in the Shoah; v.17
NotesArticle from the book 'The uses and abuses of knowledge'
Proceedings of the 23rd annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust pp441-449
Proceedings of the 23rd annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust pp441-449
Description
Looks at Simon Wiesenthal's 'The sunflower' and exmaines the dilemma of reconciliation and redemption. It is about forgiveness: whether we are able to forgive any wrong, whether we are allowed to forgive on behalf of someone who was wronged and no longer alive.