What is the link between Sunflowers, Holocaust survivors and Forgiveness?
I believe that the link between Sunflowers and Jewish survivors of the holocaust is linked to Simon Wiesenthal’s book titled “The Sunflower”. It is an amazing book. The point of it all is that without forgiveness, there can truly be no future-“The Sunflower is a book and a symbol, both relating to a story told by Simon Wiesenthal, the famous Nazi hunter. Simon names his story The Sunflower, because, as a prisoner in the Holocaust, he sees a graveyard where Nazi graves are surrounded by living sunflowers, but Jews are just piled in heaps. His life is so awful that he is even jealous of the dead Nazis. The Sunflower becomes a symbol of his story that is about remembrance and about the ethical problem of forgiving a dying Nazi. I have researched the story of Simon Wiesenthal, and read his story, The Sunflower. Then I researched the concept of forgiveness in other religions, and explored this concept in the context of the Holocaust and everyday life. To truly understand this, you must read
