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tice in his world and unwilling to pity millions of
victim~
sacrificed in
the name of a presumed historical necessity.
The number of writers who at one or another point in their
careers provided a smokescreen for inhumanity is great indeed, and
most often they acted with the best intentions. Nobody keeps account
of their names , but it is useful, perhaps , at this conference, to punc–
ture a self-induced pride of our profession and to call for watchfulness .
