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I am grateful for the honor I had of knowing Elie and learning so much from him. On behalf of all Israelis citizens, Sara and I send out condolences to his wife Marion and the Wiesel family.
"The Sonderberg Case" (Alfred A. Knopf, $25), by Elie Wiesel, translated by Catherine Temerson: After more than 60 years, over 50 books and a Nobel Peace Prize, Elie Wiesel is ...
Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz Survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 87 Mr. Wiesel, the author of “Night,” seared the memory of the Holocaust on the world’s conscience.
Friends and family were attending a private service for the “Night” author at Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York City on Sunday morning. Wiesel’s death was announced Saturday. He was 87.
Born in Romania in 1928, Wiesel was taken along with his family to the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Wiesel’s mother, sister, and father died in the camps.
“I was privileged to know Elie and to learn so much from him.” Born in Romania, Wiesel was 15 when he was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland with his family in 1944.
Cathedral stone carver Sean Callahan created the bust and Wiesel’s family was consulted on its design, the statement said. Wiesel’s widow, Marion, is the vice president of the Elie Wiesel ...
The death of World War Two concentration camp survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel was mourned on Sunday by admirers around the world who honored his life-long fight for millions ...
Elie Wiesel made a commandment of memory. Whenever my students ask why they should study history, I always respond with a quote from Elie, who lived the answer: “Without memory, there is no culture.