{"product_id":"the-sunflower-on-the-possibilities-and-limits-of-forgiveness-revised-and-expanded","title":"The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (Revised and Expanded)","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Flap\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhile imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between compassion and justice, silence and truth, Wiesenthal said nothing. But even years after the way had ended, he wondered: Had he done the right thing? What would you have done in his place? \n\u003cbr\u003eIn this important book, fifty-three distinguished men and women respond to Wiesenthal's questions. They are theologians, political leaders, writers, jurists, psychiatrists, human rights activists, Holocaust survivors, and victims of attempted genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, China and Tibet. Their responses, as varied as their experiences of the world, remind us that Wiesenthal's questions are not limited to events of the past. Often surprising and always thought provoking, The Sunflower will challenge you to define your beliefs about justice, compassion, and human responsibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSIMON WIESENTHAL was born in 1908 in Buczacz, Galicia, at that time a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was incarcerated between 1941 and 1945 in Buchenwald and Mauthausen and other concentration camps. In 1946, together with 30 other survivors, he founded the Jewish Historical Documentation Center, which was instrumental in the identification of over 1,100 Nazi war criminals. He was honored by the governments of Italy, the Netherlands, Israel, and the United States. Wiesenthal was the author of many books, including \n\u003ci\u003eThe Murderers Among Us, Justice Not Vengeance, Sails of Hope, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eEvery Day Remembrance Day.\u003c\/i\u003e Wiesenthal died in 2005. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAmong the contributors: \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSven Alkalaj\u003c\/b\u003e, Bosnian Ambassador to the U.S., \n\u003cb\u003eMoshe Bejski\u003c\/b\u003e, retired justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, \n\u003cb\u003eRobert McAfee Brown\u003c\/b\u003e, leading Protestant theologian, \n\u003cb\u003eRobert Coles\u003c\/b\u003e, Harvard professor of social ethics and author, \n\u003cb\u003eThe Dalai Lama\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003eEugene Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, \n\u003cb\u003eMatthew Fox\u003c\/b\u003e, author and leading Episcopalian theologian, \n\u003cb\u003eYossi Klein Halevi\u003c\/b\u003e, Israeli journalist and son of a Holocaust survivor, \n\u003cb\u003eArthur Hertzberg\u003c\/b\u003e, rabbi and author, \n\u003cb\u003eTheodore Hesburgh\u003c\/b\u003e, President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, \n\u003cb\u003eHans Konig\u003c\/b\u003e, Cardinal of Vienna, \n\u003cb\u003eHarold Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e, rabbi and best-selling author, \n\u003cb\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/b\u003e, Italian Holocaust survivor and author, \n\u003cb\u003eCynthia Ozick\u003c\/b\u003e, novelist and essayist, \n\u003cb\u003eDennis Prager\u003c\/b\u003e, author and conservative radio commentator, \n\u003cb\u003eDith Pran\u003c\/b\u003e, photographer and subject of the film \"The Killing Fields\" about the Cambodian genocide, \n\u003cb\u003eAlbert Speer\u003c\/b\u003e, German Nazi war criminal and author, \n\u003cb\u003eTzvetan Todorov\u003c\/b\u003e, French literary critic, \n\u003cb\u003eHarry Wu\u003c\/b\u003e, Chinese human rights activist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWith a symposium edited by Harry James Cargas and Bonny V. Fetterman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhile imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the S.S. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to and obtain absolution from - a Jew. This unusual encounter and the moral dilemma it posed raise fundamental questions about the limits and possibilities of forgiveness. Must we, can we forgive the repentant criminal? Can we forgive crimes committed against others? What do we owe the victims? Twenty-five years after the Holocaust, Wiesenthal asked leading intellectuals what they would have done in his place. Collected into one volume, their responses became a classic of Holocaust literature and a touchstone of interfaith dialogue. This revised edition of \"The Sunflower\" includes 46 responses (10 from the original volume) from prominent theologians, political leaders, writers, jurists, psychiatrists, human rights activists, Holocaust survivors, and victims of attempted genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, China, and Tibet. Their answers reflect the teachings of their diverse beliefs - Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, secular, and agnostic - and remind us that Wiesenthal's question is not limited to events of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Holocaust survivor's surprising and thought-provoking study of forgiveness, justice, compassion, and human responsibility, featuring contributions from the Dalai Lama, Harry Wu, Cynthia Ozick, Primo Levi, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eYou are a prisoner in a concentration camp. A dying Nazi soldier asks for your forgiveness. What would you do?\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between compassion and justice, silence and truth, Wiesenthal said nothing. But even years after the way had ended, he wondered: Had he done the right thing? What would you have done in his place? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this important book, fifty-three distinguished men and women respond to Wiesenthal's questions. They are theologians, political leaders, writers, jurists, psychiatrists, human rights activists, Holocaust survivors, and victims of attempted genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, China and Tibet. 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