Raul Hilberg > Quotes

“The 20th century merits the name "The Century of Murder." 1915 Turks slaughtered 2 million Armenians. 1933 to 1954 the Soviet government encompassed the death of 20 to 65 million citizens. 1933 to 1945 Nazi Germany murdered more than 25 million people. 1948 Hindus and Muslims engaged in racial and religious strife that claimed more lives than could be reported. 1970 3 million Bangladesh were killed. 1971 Uganda managed the death of 300,000 people. 1975 Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia and murdered up to 3 million people. In recent times more than half a million of Rwanda's 6 million people have been murdered. At present times genocidal strife is underway in Bosnia, Somalia, Burundi and elsewhere.
The people of the world have demonstrated themselves to be so capable of forgetting the murderous frenzies in which their fellows have participated that it is essential that one, at least, be remembered and the world be regularly reminded of it. _Consequences of the Holocaust”
― Raul Hilberg

“The 20th century merits the name "The Century of Murder." 1915 Turks slaughtered 2 million Armenians. 1933 to 1954 the Soviet government encompassed the death of 20 to 65 million citizens. 1933 to 1945 Nazi Germany murdered more than 25 million people. 1948 Hindus and Muslims engaged in racial and religious strife that claimed more lives than could be reported. 1970 3 million Bangladesh were killed. 1971 Uganda managed the death of 300,000 people. 1975 Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia and murdered up to 3 million people. In recent times more than half a million of Rwanda's 6 million people have been murdered. At present times genocidal strife is underway in Bosnia, Somalia, Burundi and elsewhere.
The people of the world have demonstrated themselves to be so capable of forgetting the murderous frenzies in which their fellows have participated that it is essential that one, at least, be remembered and the world be regularly reminded of it. _Consequences of the Holocaust by Raul Hilberg”
― Raul Hilberg

“The railroads, however, were involved not on the fringe of the operation, but were indispensable at its core.”
― Raul Hilberg, German Railroads, Jewish Souls: The Reichsbahn, Bureaucracy, and the Final Solution

“The philistines in my field are everywhere. I am surrounded by the commonplace, platitudes, and clichés.”
― Raul Hilberg

“Je dirai que, d’une certaine manière, Faurisson et d’autres, sans l’avoir voulu, nous ont rendu service. Ils ont soulevé des questions qui ont eu pour effet d’engager les historiens dans de nouvelles recherches. Ils nous ont obligés à rassembler davantage d’informations, à réexaminer les documents et à aller plus loin dans la compréhension de ce qui s’est passé.
(propos recueillis par Guy Sitbon in « Les Archives de l’horreur », Le Nouvel Observateur, 3-9 juillet 1982, p. 71 A).”
― Raul Hilberg