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SPEAK UP

SPEAK UP. When we are tempted to look away or even join in…. ‘We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.’ Elie Weisel, Holocaust survivor. Simone Arnold.

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SPEAK UP

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  1. SPEAK UP

  2. When we are tempted to look away or even join in…

  3. ‘We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.’ Elie Weisel, Holocaust survivor

  4. Simone Arnold ‘At school I was under more and more pressure to heil Hitler. But I refused because in my heart I could never honour a man in this way as if he were a god who could save people. I was arrested at the age of 12’ Simone Arnold

  5. Speak out ‘Nothing that I can do will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice I can help the greatest of all causes – goodwill among men and peace on earth’. Albert Einstein, Scientist

  6. Genocide in Cambodia

  7. Rwanda

  8. Bosnia

  9. and Darfur

  10. We have to speak up when we see that something is wrong

  11. First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

  12. Holocaust Memorial Day

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