The masthead I believe. He's comparing himself to a part of a ship. He compares his skin to the wood.
Transcript of "Hope<span>, </span>Despair and Memory" Excerpts from Elie Wiesel's Nobel Prize Lecture "Hope<span>, </span>Despair and Memory<span>" Without </span>memory<span>, our existence would be barren and opaque, like a prison cell into which no light penetrates; like a tomb which rejects the living.</span>
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The world entire was the most spectacular scene o have ever seen.
He was friends with Frederick and he was against racism
