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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (Newly Expanded Paperback Edition) by Simon Wiesenthal
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by Simon Wiesenthal

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Interesting and thought-provoking responses regardin Wiesenthal's not forgiving a dying Nazi ( )
  suesbooks | May 23, 2009 |
A wonderful collection of essays covering the range of options and the complexity of forgiveness. A very good choice for reading and discussion. ( )
  bookem | Dec 12, 2008 |
The power of forgiveness, both in being able to forgive and not being able to forgive. It also begs the question...who is forgiven for...the person who committed the act that needs forgiveness, or the person against whom the act was committed that must decide whether to forgive. Wiesenthal protrays this decision on forgiveness quite effectively....first in telling his own story and then in inviting others to share their views. This book will not provide you with any clear answers on forgiveness, but will hopefully open up your mind to it and its possibilities. ( )
  serendipitina | Feb 7, 2008 |
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Author Simon Weisenthal recalls his demoralizing life in a concentration camp and his envy of the dead Germans who have sunflowers marking their graves. At the time he assumed his grave would be a mass one, unmarked and forgotten. Then, one day, a dying Nazi soldier asks Weisenthal for forgiveness for his crimes against the Jews. What would you do? This important book and the provocative question it poses is birthing debates, symposiums, and college courses. The Dalai Lama, Harry Wu, Primo Levi, and others who have witnessed genocide and human tyranny answer Wiesenthal's ultimate question on forgiveness.

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