Edith Bruck and Andrea Riccardi don’t belong to the same generation, have different cultural and religious roots and live two unconnected lives. But they have both experienced evil deeply. Here they confront each other in an intense dialogue.

Auschwitz. Dachau. Bergen-Belsen: these are the names of the absolute evil of the concentration camps that Edith Bruck experienced when she was only 13 years old, deported with her family from the Hungarian village where she was born. A victim of one of the darkest chapters in human history, she spent the rest of her life, with her words, her books, her commitment in schools, bearing witness so that we could all say ‘never again’. Mozambique, Lebanon, Syria: these are some of the dramatic scenarios that Andrea Riccardi has witnessed over time. Founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio, he has worked actively and personally to open up glimmers of peace in contexts of war. So that, together, we might hope ‘never again’. Edith Bruck and Andrea Riccardi are two extraordinary witnesses of the evil of history, and from the narration of their experiences, these pages open lucid reflections on what evil is, how to face it, and the need never to resign oneself to it. These are powerful pages that are needed now more than ever.