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BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ — “WE REMEMBER SIMON WIESENTHAL”

We all mourn the passing of Simon Wiesenthal, a great man who in our lifetimes brought murderers of the Nazi regime to justice. A Holocaust survivor himself as well as a gifted author, Mr. Wiesenthal once said, “T he history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defense. Through this we can build — we must build — a defense against repetition.” The Simon Wiesenthal Center he founded in Los Angeles will continue to be a source of information for fighting anti-Semitism worldwide. And as home to residents of every faith, ethnicity, and culture, Brooklyn ’s celebration of its differences is a living defense, and a model for the world, against repeating history’s cruelest horror. Simon Wiesenthal never wavered from his mission to speak for and keep alive the memory of those we lost in the Holocaust, and to teach those too young to remember that it was not just an atrocity of violence — it was also an example of how discrimination can spiral out of control if it isn ' t dealt with quickly. Brooklynites know that there is no more important lesson to teach — and learn — in today’s world. In Mr. Wiesenthal’s honor, we remember.