The Krakow Ghetto Pharmacy Quotes

“Those without first-hand experience of these terrifying scenes cannot begin to comprehend the circumstances in which the people in the ghetto lived; they cannot understand the perfidious lies that were used to deceive them on the eve of their deaths.”
― Tadeusz Pankiewicz, The Cracow Ghetto Pharmacy

“I am often asked by my Polish friends if the Jews were so blind that they didn't realise what lay ahead of them...Only people who weren't there, and who didn't witness these events at firsthand, can ask such questions, because they do not have a complete picture of what it was like.”
― Tadeusz Pankiewicz, The Cracow Ghetto Pharmacy

“These small examples are incontrovertible proof of what blind, organised hatred can lead to, and of just how low standards of human morality can fall.”
― Tadeusz Pankiewicz, The Cracow Ghetto Pharmacy

“The Nazis not only had subtle ways of destroying human life and dignity, they were equally good at desecrating the graves of the dead ― something that is held sacred and ring-fenced with care within the culture of every single tribe and nation in the world.”
― Tadeusz Pankiewicz, The Cracow Ghetto Pharmacy

“...the faint hope of survival which flickered in the soul of every ghetto resident...this hope worked miracles: it gave people superhuman strength and staying power, and told them to grit their teeth and swallow bitter doses of humiliation. The urge to survive, not the fear of death, was the dominant trait.”
― Tadeusz Pankiewicz, The Cracow Ghetto Pharmacy

“Brutal reality always left its destructive mark on those happy occasions.”
― Tadeusz Pankiewicz, The Cracow Ghetto Pharmacy