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Wiesenthal: Forgiving The Jews During The Holocaust
Jews during the Holocaust suffered huge losses, of both mentally, and physically. Imagining oneself in the place where Wiesenthal was during WWII is almost unimaginable, putting oneself in that much pain and suffering does not seem human. It would be a very difficult decision to determine whether or not to forgive Karl, but I believe that I can make assumptions on what the people were thinking and how to decide. If I were to decide whether to forgive him or not, I would choose to not forgive him. I would not forgive him because of both my morality and personal beliefs. He had done so much wrongs and no rights, he had done no rights to cancel out his wrongdoings. If Karl had spoke about how after realizing what bad things he had done that
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