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this both frightens and pleases me

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cannot represent those who perished, is a survivor and can be that voice

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kingdom of night

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kingdom: tone of a child's fairytale night: from dreaming to a nightmare

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young Jewish boy

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elie wiesel

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andrei sakharov

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nuclear physicist and human rights activist who was banished from the soviet union for criticizing the government

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josef biegun

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Jewish man who was imprisoned and murdered during the Holocaust

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lech walęsa

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labor activist who helped form and led poland's first independent trade union, Solidarity, despite opposition from the polish government

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nelson mandela

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leader of the struggle to end Apartheid in south africa; he had been sentenced to life in prison at the time of this speech

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persecution

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a program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate people based on their membership in a religious, ethnic, social, or racial group

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Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize – Elie Wiesel – Flashcards

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