1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:04,748 Why is the Topf & Sons – Builders of the Auschwitz Ovens – Place of Remembrance important to you? 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,247 That has to do primarily with Raul Hilberg. 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,308 It was through him that I came to Topf & Sons. 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:16,720 The builders of the Auschwitz ovens. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,207 And through them, I realized 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,488 that this would be the perfect place for my library. 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:26,760 And I always say: 8 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,500 Hilberg would have enjoyed knowing his books were here. 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,400 The site caught my attention especially 10 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,347 because there are a few people here, 11 00:00:39,420 --> 00:00:40,320 young women, 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,728 who have invested a lot of effort and a lot of enthusiasm 13 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,700 into putting this whole thing together. 14 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:50,140 And I admire that deeply, 15 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,204 because I know how much initiative and energy it takes to do something like this.