I often get asked why I talk about it.
Why I open up old sores,
reliving it by talking about it,
experiencing it all again.
So why do I do it?
It's because I, and my friends too,
don't want the young generation to suffer as we did.
We want them to have a bright life,
to be kind and compassionate, and to fit in and find their way easily -
maybe too easily -
in today's international situation.
We want to show that...
People often ask me,
"Jurek, can you forget?
Can you forgive?"
I can never forget.
I can forgive.
Because today, why should we blame a young man
who did not see the war?
The system was to blame.
Not him. That young man is not to blame.
It's the system that shaped people.
He doesn't know about war.
He wants to live his life.
He wants to live a thoughtful and good life...
We have to remember to open our hearts.
We must open our hearts to everyone.
Not just to our family.
We must remember that our family shapes us.
Our parents shape us.
We have to trust our parents, our teachers, everyone.
We must have faith in them. Because they shape us.
They shape us.
And we want all nationalities to live in friendship.
Maybe we can manage to change the world a little.
Maybe we can manage that. We shall see.