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and another victim to the others.

I decided

to break this circle of violence

and blood and revenge

by stopping killing

and supporting revenge,

by myself.

My definition of "sides"

has changed dramatically.

Today, on my side are

all those who want peace and are

willing to pay the price of peace.

On the other side

are those who do not want peace

and are not willing

to pay the price of peace.

Many people told me:

"It's not your right

to forgive in her name."

And the answer:

it's also not my right

to seek revenge in her name.

I hope she's satisfied.

I hope she rests in peace.

Here's what happened:

a German officer

in an SS uniform

entered the ghetto

one rainy night.

My mother told him:

"Take my daughter."

She lifted the wire fence

and handed him her baby, me,

a Jewish girl

2 and a half years old.

And with a heavy heart,

she put me in the hands

of a wonderful man

in an SS uniform.

I now know that this man,

Alois Pleva,

served in the German army

and lived near the German border.

This man put me in his coat.

He hid me inside his coat

and took me

to the border

between Germany and Poland

to his parents.

They passed me off as his daughter.

They raised me

in the purest Catholic tradition

until the end of the war.

What a gesture!

What magic,

this outstretched hand!

Like sparks of light

in what we call human folly.

Sometimes a question comes to mind.

If I had been

in a situation like that,

would I have acted in the same way

as that German officer?

How can I answer

such a question?

I don't think I would have had

the moral strength to do it,

in all honesty.

Maybe.

Did he know he had the strength?

How can you know?

How can you recognize

the moment of truth

when you can sacrifice yourself,

sacrifice the only life you have

for someone else?

There's no answer to that question.

Or a question

others can answer.

But this question must be asked.

Love is the beginning and the end.

Love is where we come from,

where we're going

and what we live between the two.

Love is everything.

Love.

The word love

is full of meaning for me.

When you talk about love,

it encompasses everything.

Love encompasses everything,

doesn't it?

Where there's no love, you feel empty

or rather, I feel empty.

Love...

Love is what fills the soul.

You have to take love

one day at a time.

You live it every day.

Love is this feeling that you can

give

and that the other person gives you.

My wife has a strong character.

She's the one who guides the family.

I love her a lot.

She's magnificent.

If you don't make love,

your love will be a failure.

Do you hear? Why?

Through love comes sex.

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