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Eliezer " Elie " Wiesel (/ ˈɛli viːˈzɛl / EL-ee vee-ZEL or / ˈiːlaɪ ˈviːsəl / EE-ly VEE-səl; [3][4][5] Yiddish: אליעזר "אלי" װיזל, romanized: Eliezer "Eli" Vizl; September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor.
Nov 5, 2024 · Elie Wiesel (born September 30, 1928, Sighet, Romania—died July 2, 2016, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Romanian-born Jewish writer, whose works provide a sober yet passionate testament of the destruction of European Jewry during World War II. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1986.
Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council from 1980 – 1986, Wiesel serves on numerous boards of trustees and advisors. 1. forty (updated by Laureate – August 99) 2. and of the victims in Bosnia and Kosovo (updated by Laureate – August 99) From Les Prix Nobel.
Jul 2, 2016 · The Jewish author, philosopher and humanist Elie Wiesel made it his life's work to bear witness to the genocide committed by the Nazis during World War II. He was the world's leading spokesman on the Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel was a survivor of Auschwitz and human rights activist who devoted his life to educating the world about the Holocaust. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Browse a timeline of key events in the world and in Wiesel's life from 1928–1951. Media Essay. Elie Wiesel. 1 1 2. Romania 1933, Sighet Marmatiei indicated. Sighet.
Learn more about the life, works, passions and contributions of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel.
Jul 2, 2016 · Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, writer, and Nobel laureate who died Saturday at age 87, not only shaped how the world remembers the Holocaust, but how the memory of atrocity can help prevent...
Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as the world’s leading spokesman on the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Full name: Elie Wiesel. Born: 30 September 1928, Sighet, Romania. Died: 2 July 2016, New York, NY, USA.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum deeply mourns the passing of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate, and international leader of the Holocaust remembrance movement.
Jul 3, 2016 · Elie Wiesel, a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, a Nobel laureate, and the most powerful witness for the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, died Saturday at his home in New York. He was 87 years old.