Victor HugoIt is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
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It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie. Silence is something that we often take for granted. It can be quiet, but it can also be deafening. During the Holocaust, Jews were often driven to despair by the deafening silence of their oppressors. No matter how hard they tried to remain silent, these victims were forced into making noise.
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