With a solemn nod he slowly replied, “Yes, when you are confronted with horrors like the Holocaust, it can shake your faith in humanity itself. You know, I’ll never forget my first visit to Auschwitz. There were several things I saw there that struck me very powerfully, and one of them was this huge collection of shoes. The shoes of the victims. And what struck me with complete horror and deep sadness was when I saw many small shoes, children’s shoes! I felt so strongly for those innocent children. They didn’t even know what was going on. I really felt, ‘Who could do such a thing?’ So, I
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