Simon Wiesenthal The Sunflower Analysis

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A marked Jew, an accommodating nun, and a dying Nazi. These characters take center stage in the moral drama presented by Simon Wiesenthal in his world-famous book, "The Sunflower," mandatory reading in many schools the world over due to the profound and stimulating discussion of ethics it generates. The author – an Auschwitz Jew facing probable death at the hands of his cruel Nazi handlers – is brought before a fatally wounded S.S. soldier about to breathe his last. Before dying, the Nazi requests forgiveness from our Jew for participating in atrocities against the Jewish people. An excerpt from his confession: In vain, he desperately awaits the comforting words that might provide him a peaceful death"Behind the windows of the second floor,

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