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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
28 Jan 2005 10:50:12 AM |
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Aharon Appelfeld |
We didn't see God when we expected to
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1400493,00.html
Human language turned mute before the horrors of Auschwitz
Aharon Appelfeld
Friday January 28, 2005
The Guardian
In January 1945, 60 years ago, the wheels of destruction in Auschwitz
stood still. The few people left alive describe the prevailing silence
as the silence of death. Those who came out of hiding after the war,
out of the forests and monasteries, also describe the shock of
liberation as freezing, crippling silence. Nobody was happy. The
survivors stood at the fences in amazement. Human language, with all
its nuances, turned into a mute tongue. Even words like horror or
monster seemed meagre and pale, not to mention words like
anti-semitism, envy, hatred. Such a colossal crime can be committed
only if you mobilise the darkest dark of the soul. To imagine such
darkness apparently needs a new language.
Aharon Appelfeld
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