UN General Assembly
1957

108. But above all we are proud of what has been done with people. The great majority of those who came to Israel during these ten years came either from the post-war camps in Germany and Italy or from Arab-speaking countries. Practically everyone from the camps reflected in his loneliness the destruction of all who were dear and close. These were the remnants of the 6 million, the Hitler slaughter of the Jews of Europe. Broken in body and spirit, they came to a country of hardship, and yet at the meeting of desolate desert with victims of horror and destruction, both the land and the people have come to life. The desert has given way to cotton and wheat, forests and vineyards cover barren hills, and with a new dignity and hope the settlers themselves bear witness to the unconquerable spirit of free man.