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When historical awareness becomes overwhelming responsibility

Every time I hear about genocide anywhere in the world I feel personally responsible to do something even though I know I can't save everyone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Knowledge of ancestral persecution can create an impossible sense of obligation to prevent all future suffering.

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