"The Perils of Indifference," by Elie Wiesel: List 1

As part of a Millennium Lecture series at the White House in 1999, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel defined indifference (etext found here) to an audience he knew had the power to recognize and prevent its dangers.

This list covers vocabulary in the first eight paragraphs of the speech.

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