November 28, 2006

Quote of the Week

"I remember when I was in university I studied history, and there was this one major historian of the Third Reich, Ian Kershaw. And his quote was, 'The path to Auschwitz was paved with indifference.' I know it's not very funny being a comedian talking about the Holocaust, but I think it's an interesting idea that not everyone in Germany had to be a raving anti-Semite. They just had to be apathetic." (From the latest Rolling Stone interview with Sacha Baron Cohen).

(UPDATE: After reflection, I'd say the best movie about the Holocaust is the Italian comedy "Life is Beautiful.")

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