George H.W. Bush: “The Holocaust occurred because good men and women averted their eyes…”

On the recordJuly 31, 1991

The Holocaust occurred because good men and women averted their eyes from unprecedented evil.

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Remarks at the Babi Yar Memorial in Kiev, Soviet Union

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George H.W. Bush: “The Holocaust occurred because good men and women averted their eyes from unprecedented evil.”