Simon Wiesenthal asks the question, ‘What would I have done ?’ We are asked to put one’s self in his place. This is not an easy task. One knows little to nothing of the actual feelings and struggles involved in being persecuted, unless one actually has been persecuted. As this author has never suffered such severe persecution, one must call upon the force of one’s imagination. Even with the most active and vivid of …showed first 75 words of 824 total…

…showed last 75 words of 824 total…s words. One can not truly forgive an act such as Karl’s, unless it is committed against one’s own self. This author finds it impossible to forgive Karl, were one in Wiesenthal’s position. Karl’s true forgiveness is then up to a higher universal power. May this power have mercy on those who act without rational thought of consequence. And, may this power have mercy on this author for the above decision.