Someday I will understand Auschwitz. This was a brave statement but innocently absurd. No one will ever understand Auschwitz. What I might have set down with more accuracy would have been: Someday I will write about Sophie's life and death, and thereby help demonstrate how absolute evil is never extinguished from the world. Auschwitz itself remains inexplicable. The most profound statement yet made about Auschwitz was not a statement at all, but a response.The query: At Auschwitz, tell me, where was God?And the answer: Where was man?
In the quote "Someday I will understand Auschwitz," the author expresses a deep and ambitious desire to comprehend the horrors of the Holocaust. However, this notion is challenged as the true meaning of Auschwitz transcends human understanding. The author suggests that rather than fully grasping such atrocities, it is more meaningful to recount the individual stories, like that of Sophie, to illustrate how extreme evil persists in the world. This approach...
