question of forgiveness
... The Sunflower possesses an intriguing question for the readers at the end of the book. ... No one in my family has ever had to go any concentration camps either, so I am totally void of any feeling towards this question. Like I said before this question is a very intriguing and a crucial question. ... If I were a prisoner who had to listen to a dying Nazi’s confession and who had asked me of forgiveness, I don’t think I would be able to forgive this man. ... ” Jewish tradition holds that forgiveness requires both atonement and restitution. ... That forgiveness might have helped Wiesenthal from all the restlessness that he had to experience. ... The only one who I think would be able to forgive this man would be God, since the ones he should be asking for forgiveness are dead, murdered. ... I don’t think the man is in the right position to ask for my forgiveness, I don’t pity him.