Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor, writer, and Nobel laureate. He wrote extensively about his experiences in concentration camps during World War II, highlighting the importance of bearing witness to the atrocities of the Holocaust. Wiesel's work serves as a powerful reminder of the consequences of hatred and intolerance.
Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor.
A Holocaust victim who survived and became the recipient of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE ( /ˈɛli vɨˈzɛl/; Hungarian: Wiesel Lázár; born September 30, 1928)[1] is a Romanian-born Jewish-American[1] writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps.[2] Wiesel is also the Advisory Board chairman of the Algemeiner Journal newspaper.
When Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, the Norwegian Nobel Committee called him a "messenger to mankind", stating that through his struggle to come to terms with "his own personal experience of total humiliation and of the utter contempt for humanity shown in Hitler's death camps", as well as his "practical work in the cause of peace", Wiesel had delivered a powerful message "of peace, atonement and human dignity" to humanity.[3]
Contents[hide]Wiesel was born in Sighet,[4] Transylvania (now Sighetu Marmaţiei), Maramureş, Kingdom of Romania,[4] in the Carpathian Mountains. His mother, Sarah Feig, was the daughter of Dodye Feig, a celebrated Vizhnitz Hasid and farmer from a nearby village. He was active and trusted within the community, and in the early years of his life had spent a few months in jail for having helped Polish Jews who escaped and were hungry. It was his father, Chlomo, who instilled a strong sense of Humanism in his son, encouraging him to learn Hebrew and to read literature, whereas his mother encouraged him to study the Torah. Wiesel has said his father represented reason, and his mother Sarah promoted faith.[5] In his home, his family spoke Yiddish most of the time, but also Romanian, Hungarian and German.[6][7] Wiesel had three sisters - older sisters Hilda and Beatrice, and younger sister Tzipora. Beatrice and Hilda survived the war and were reunited with Wiesel at a French orphanage. They eventually emigrated to North America, with Beatrice moving to Montreal, Canada. Tzipora, Chlomo and Sarah did not survive the war.
Elie (Eliezer) Wiesel is a novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize winner. He was born an Orthodox Jew in Romania, survived the concentration camps and wrote about his experiences. He became a spokesman for survivors and dedicated his life to recording the horrors of the Holocaust and helping victims of oppression and racism.
Elie Wiesel was a Jew who survived the Holocaust and wrote a novella about it. He was from Sighet, Transylvania, Romania.
Elie Wiesel's middle name was Burt. Making his full name Elie Burt Wiesel.
No, Elie Wiesel is not single.
Elie Wiesel's birth name is Eliezer Wiesel.
Elie Wiesel is still alive.
Elie Wiesel moved to America in 1976.
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
Elie Wiesel's mother's name was Sara Feig.
Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928.
Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928.
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Elie Wiesel bibliography was born in 1928.
Oprah interviewed Elie Wiesel in 2000.