You Are My Sunshine Quotes

“Yes, you know what’s kind of strange? I never realized how good life was until it wasn’t any more.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“God recognizes all of us, regardless of what we wear. Don’t you think?”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“He was a dreamer, but nothing can ever be accomplished without it first being a dream.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“If we forget people, then they will really die. As long as we keep memories alive, then they live in our memories,”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“There is good in bad, and bad in good. Nothing is ever all black or white,”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“Good for Germany, that’s what everyone said about Hitler and his band of murderous monsters. True, he’d returned Germany’s pride, but at what price? It came at the price of human sacrifice.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

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― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“Most of the Nazis who were tried, convicted and sentenced to prison terms at Nuremberg never served their entire sentences. Most were released early.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“Thirty thousand choice, healthy, strong, young Jewish men were arrested and transported to the Dachau, Buchenwald, and Sachsenhausen camps. Still, most of the Jews were paralyzed by fear and did nothing.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“In short, the Jews believed that if they remained quiet, and endured the insults, for now, all of this would soon pass. They could not have been more wrong.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“Just until this is all over with the Nazis. I tell you, it’s only temporary. People are frightened, but such a fanatical dictator cannot last in such a civilized country like ours.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

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― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“Before the war ended, Britiain had promised that the land of Palestine would be awarded to the Jewish people The Zionists held fast to that dream throughout the entire war. This was to be the long-awaited Jewish homeland. Now that the war was over, Great Britain was not sure that they wanted keep their promise.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“The world in which we live can be a narrow bridge. The most important thing is not to fear. Keep moving straight ahead and your heart will be led by God. Don’t waste your day in dread. Help is near. A narrow bridge, a narrow bridge, but every step across will lead you home. So many things have changed, nothing near the same. Is it the way you thought it would be? Hang on every hope. I climb the burning rope. Suspended free, I float, look up and see. A narrow bridge, a narrow bridge, but every step across”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“Still, many Nazis managed to conceal their identities and escape to Europe or South America. Some were never found. Others, like Adolf Eichmann, were pursued by Mossad, the Israeli secret service. Mossad eventually found Eichmann living in South America. They captured him and brought him to Israel, where he was tried and hanged at Ramleh Prison in 1962.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“love her. But sometimes, love is about sacrifice.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“Manfred Blau,” the American soldier said, taking a pair of handcuffs and placing them on Manfred’s hands while another soldier held him at gunpoint. “You are under arrest for crimes against humanity.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“Cyanide pills had been distributed among the SS officers, giving them the option of suicide, rather than a trial, if they were captured. The idea of suicide terrified Manfred. He cringed when he thought of death, and what judgment might await him if there by some chance was a God. Although he tried to put the fear of his demise out of his mind, it continually haunted him.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“There is no God. If there was God, He abandoned us when Adolf Hitler came into power.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“we forget people, then they will really die. As long as we keep memories alive, then they live in our memories,” he said.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“I think love is like that. It makes you happy no matter what else is going on around you.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“If you never let yourself love anyone or anything, you can’t get hurt.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“Then in October of 1943, the Nazis shut Treblinka down forever. The camp was completely dismantled ahead of the Soviet advance, and a farmhouse was built on the site, in an attempt to hide the evidence of the genocide.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“You have been a comfort to me. I know that you take good care of Christa and the baby. This means a great deal to me. I also want to say that I feel bad about what I must do to you. But sadly, I cannot seem to stop. I will try to go for several days without coming to you, but then it is almost like a drug. I must see you. We must play our game of pretend. Do you understand?”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“The ashes from the crematory pits fell like snowflakes onto his hair and his black uniform. These were the ashes of the dead and murdered. The very thought nauseated him.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“Dovid, don’t fall in love with me,” she said. “What? Why do you say that?” He reached for her hand. “Because I’m damaged. I’ve been hurt, and I don’t think I’m capable of love anymore.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“On a cool day, the first of September in the year of 1939, Hitler broke his promise to Poland. Because Germany had vowed to protect and never invade their Polish neighbors, Poland did not see any need to strengthen their army. Instead they relied on the integrity of the word of the great Führer. Therefore, when the German army invaded Poland, the Polish were no match for the powerful Third Reich. Within two weeks, Germany had conquered Poland, and the Nazi occupation began.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“That night, genocide had begun that would last until the end of the war. November 9, 1938; would go down in history, in infamy, to be known forever as “Kristallnacht,” The Night of the Broken Glass.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“It was a day like any other day in November of 1938, except that when it was finally over, it would go down in history as the date when Hitler openly waged war on the Jews of Germany. And so, on the ninth of November in the year of 1938, everything began its rapid descent in a downward spiral.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine

“It has been reported that the Hitler Youth have been beating Jews who stray out of the Jewish sector. This is not Christian and this is not right in the sight of God.”
― Roberta Kagan, You Are My Sunshine