Richard Rashke > Quotes

“That’s the reason it’s so important to keep the memory alive, so that people know about it. Another ten or fifteen years, there won’t be any witnesses.”
― Richard Rashke, Escape from Sobibor

“To survive, Esther followed two basic rules. Try not to be noticed, and don’t fall in love.”
― Richard Rashke, Escape from Sobibor

“Intelligent people are saying today, ‘It is not true. The Holocaust never happened!’ “They know it did, but they want to deny it because they want to bring up a new generation who could do it again. The roots are there. It all depends on how they grow.”
― Richard Rashke, Escape from Sobibor

“I’ll wake you,” Tom said. “I don’t need an alarm. I just tell myself what time to wake up and I do.”
― Richard Rashke, Escape from Sobibor

“Esther never believed for a moment that she’d end up in the frying pan, as the women called the gas chamber. A friend in Staw had once told her, “Esther, I have a feeling you’re going to survive. When you do, knock on my tombstone. Then I’ll know that the Germans lost the war.”
― Richard Rashke, Escape from Sobibor