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ELIE (AY-lee)
Romanian-born
Nazi concentration camp survivor, author, and activist
Common
clues: Romanian novelist Wiesel; Writer Wiesel; Essayist Wiesel;
Nobelist Wiesel; "Night" author Wiesel; Nobel laureate
Wiesel
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I marvel at the
resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is
their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession
with memory. ~ Elie Wiesel
Eliezer
Wiesel (born
September 30, 1928) is a Holocaust survivor, a world-renowned
author, and a political activist. He is the author of over forty
books, the most famous of which, Night,
serves as a testimony to his experiences during the Holocaust. In
1986, Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The
Norwegian Nobel Committee called Wiesel a "messenger to
mankind", noting 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 has delivered a powerful message "of
peace, atonement and human dignity" to humanity. Wiesel
lives in the United States, teaches at Boston University and
serves as the Chairman of The Elie Wiesel Foundation for
Humanity.
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