Part one of term paper
Simon Wiesenthal asks the question, ‘What would I have done ?’ We are asked to put one’s self in his place. This is not an easy task. One knows little to nothing of the actual feelings and struggles involved in being persecuted, unless one actually has been persecuted. As this author has never suffered such severe persecu ...

Part two of term paper
... In the opinion of this author, the above question deserves a personal answer from each and every rational human being. This author found great admiration for the answer given by the Dalai Lama to the above question of Wiesenthal. One can easily see a certain temptation to equate Wiesenthal’s question with one’s own situation, as the Dalai Lama did. The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of an oppressed people. As such, he is in a unique position to answer Wiesenthal’s question. T ...