Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel (Sept. 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was perhaps the world’s best known and most revered Holocaust survivor. During the Second World War, Wiesel was a slave laborer at the infamous Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald. After liberation, he eventually made his way to the United States.
Wiesel’s passionate mission in life was to tell the world about the horrors of the Holocaust, as well as to promote human rights for all. A talented and prolific writer, Wiesel authored 57 books. He was Professor of Humanities at Boston University (home of the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies) and helped establish the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. In 1986, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Elie Wiesel’s other accomplishments and contributions are far too many to recount here. We urge you to learn more about this extraordinary human being by clicking on the link below.
Quote: “I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead, and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.” | “No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.” | “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” | “Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must – at that moment – become the center of the universe.”
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Photo: United States Memorial Holocaust Museum
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