Stories of Survival: What is Six Million to You?

categories: Stories of Survival, The Holocaust

Published June 02, 2009 @ 07:53PM PT

"If you talk about numbers, 11 million, 6 million, 1.5 million, they lose their meaning. Think about someone you love, that you cannot imagine living without. One person, dying 6 million times -- then the Holocaust and the pain has some meaning to you."

--- Holocaust survivor Aaron Elster, speaking to high school students in Illinois.

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"The death of one person is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."

Source unclear. Often attributed, especially by English-language sources, to Josef Stalin, but according to Wikipedia, Russian-language authorities claim there's no evidence that he ever said it.

Posted by Doug Samuelson on 06/02/2009 @ 09:57PM PT
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Michelle became involved in the anti-genocide cause at a young age, and has been involved in various activist endeavors, including the Teach Against Genocide pilot campaigns, ever since.