But it wasn’t a child. It’s a painting. This family would have a lot more peace if they would forgive. I know that would be incredibly difficult, but it’s the only way to not allow the evil ones to win. As the Rabbi said at today’s National Day of Prayer, it’s not what is done to a person, it’s how they respond to evil, that is important. Decades ago, I heard of a study that found that whether or not the Holocaust survivors did well, depended upon their response -— those who would not “move on”, as it were, let it destroy them, and never got over it, but those who determined to have a good life, despite all, were able to find happiness. We’re never going to see total justice done in this life; if we refuse to be happy until we have it, we’ll always be miserable.
And sometimes the survivor that wouldn’t move on, paid a visit to let’s say Argentina, and retrieved those that had so far escaped a reckoning. A token amount of justice was thus claimed, for those who lacked a painting to exchange for the life of their family.
your missing the point- it’s not about whether it was a child or a painting- the point is the nazis took what didn’t belong to them, whether it be a child or a painting that they knew was very very valuable by force- by coercion under duress. I wouldn’t advise a parent to ‘just move on’ if their child was taken from them- nor would I advise someone to just move on when millions of dollars are on the line and was legally theirs before it was stolen from them by force- They are too old to reap any benefits now, but their families will reap if they can win this- and it’s a worthwhile endeavor to pursue for the sake of their younger families- I believe they realize it’s an uphill battle they may lose- but that shouldn’t stop them nor should it ruin their lives- it should drive their lives- God deosn’t demand we just ‘move on’ when great injustices are done to us- infact, He is the One that instituted the justice system, and people have every right to pursue justice even if it means appealing to the highest possible courts to do so-