WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.480 align:middle When I sit here and look out at the roll-call square, 2 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:08.720 align:middle I see the thousands of people who went through this place. 3 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:14.120 align:middle I remember the many thousands who died here. 4 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:17.840 align:middle And then I think, 5 00:00:18.560 --> 00:00:20.560 align:middle how good it is 6 00:00:20.720 --> 00:00:24.000 align:middle that the camp has been been preserved 7 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.200 align:middle basically the way it was. 8 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:33.160 align:middle Because it is a call to the next generation. 9 00:00:34.080 --> 00:00:38.640 align:middle It's a call to the next generation, because here they can see 10 00:00:38.800 --> 00:00:42.840 align:middle how bad it can be, what people are capable of. 11 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:47.840 align:middle What people are capable of who have been turned into fanatics 12 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.040 align:middle by a person, 13 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:57.280 align:middle who can only see the evil in people, 14 00:00:58.400 --> 00:01:00.360 align:middle and no longer the good. 15 00:01:01.080 --> 00:01:03.720 align:middle I think it's immensely important 16 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.280 align:middle that such great attention is dedicated to this place. 17 00:01:07.440 --> 00:01:10.760 align:middle If you look at the number of visitors, 18 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:17.320 align:middle you see the significance that attaches to Dachau as the first concentration camp. 19 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:22.320 align:middle You see that it leaves a powerful impression on people 20 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:26.240 align:middle of the horrific things we lived through here, 21 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:31.160 align:middle and unfortunately also as a reminder on all those 22 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:36.240 align:middle who didn't survive. 23 00:01:36.880 --> 00:01:37.880 align:middle It is ... 24 00:01:39.960 --> 00:01:42.680 align:middle I came here with my children, 25 00:01:43.360 --> 00:01:45.640 align:middle and with my grandchildren. 26 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:52.040 align:middle They were horrified by the experience. 27 00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:57.800 align:middle And they started to ask questions. The visit awoke their interest. 28 00:01:57.880 --> 00:02:01.400 align:middle It wasn't until they had actually seen it 29 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.800 align:middle that they wondered what it was really like. 30 00:02:04.960 --> 00:02:06.560 align:middle They asked me questions, 31 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:11.000 align:middle because there are some things you just don't like to talk about. 32 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:14.920 align:middle But I really do think it's proof 33 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.720 align:middle that times have changed. 34 00:02:17.880 --> 00:02:23.160 align:middle I hope it will continue to change for the better, 35 00:02:23.320 --> 00:02:26.200 align:middle that people will be good to each other, 36 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:28.600 align:middle and behave like human beings.