What does it mean to be a witness? And how do witnesses relate to World War 2? 

     A witness isn't just a man or a woman who stands up in front of a judge, and then answers question restating what they viewed. A witness isn't just an observer. A witness isn't just a person caught in the right place at the right time. 

      A witness is a man or a woman with power. Millions of people were witnesses to the Holocaust. There were millions who were not fighting, or being attacked, or forced into submission. Millions around the globe  were  just  witnesses. Witnesses who held power, and had potential.

     Imagine if every one of those witnesses spoke up and protested. Not just a few here and then, or even a large group. But every witness, and every bystander. 

    When we visited the Museum of Tolerance and the Japanese American Museum, my take on what it means to be a witness completely transformed. I realized that many people were witnesses to the Holocaust. They were bystanders to the camps in Europe and in America. They were bystanders to cruel and unfair events. And even when some thought it was wrong, they remained silent witnesses. But being silent and voiceless isn't what it means to be a witness. 

     Imagine how the world could change even today, if every witness to evil spoke up for good. Imagine how life would change if every bystander became a fighter, a fighter for something better. Imagine if being a witness meant having power, the power to change the future. 

Imagine that witness is you.