 He told a reporter after that program that while it was bad to be a Catholic in Auschwitz, "to be a Jew there was hopeless", and that he was concerned that the "Nazi crimes against humanity will be forgotten and swept under the carpet".He noted that he had advertised in a local newspaper for an assistant to help him with his memoirs, and received 43 responses.Only four of the respondents, he said, had heard of Auschwitz.