Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, saidSteven Spielbergtoday.
Reading the room today, Spielberg spoke not of the realpolitik machinations at play in the corridors of power.
Holocaust survivors were also the recipients of the University Medallion Monday.
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It is crucial to the stopping of political violence triggered by misinformation, conspiracy theories and ignorance.
I am grateful to President Folt for bringing us together and for her unflagging leadership and support.
Stories are the foundation of history.
Stories can be magical, inspirational, terrifying, and unforgettable.
They offer a snapshot of humanity in all its beauty and tragedy.
I was only three, but I never forgot.
The one thing that always punctured the darkness was when Holocaust survivors would visit us in Krakow.
I remember every survivor had a story to recount.
This became my mission, this became our work.
The 56,000 testimonies we have recorded are invaluable in teaching new generations what survivors have intoned for 80 years.
Yet in listening to them, the echoes of history are unmistakable in our current climate.
This is happening alongside anti-Muslim, Arab, and Sikh discrimination.
And then she added something that I know means something to everyone here.
We should respect each other.
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