Bearing Witness

Elie Wiesel seems to be a very important figure on the topic of the holocaust. All I really know him for is his book Night, because that's the only thing I've read by him. I actually remember reading this quote and knowing exactly what it meant. To me, the meaning is kind of obvious, and that's why I've spent about 4 sentences stalling. It means, basically, that we need to remember both the dead and the living, and keep even the dead alive in memorial. One could do this by, say, creating a memorial (A.K.A. what everyone has already done). However, there are other ways to remember, such as through their personal possessions (which I guess they wouldn't have many surviving ones, being a Holocaust victim/survivor). For helping consider the events of the Holocaust, this quote is useful because it is a good quote to help in remembrance of said Holocaust related events.