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Jun 28, 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. Prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp, near ...
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Wiesel said his father represented reason, while his mother Sarah promoted faith. [17] Wiesel was instructed that his genealogy traced back to Rabbi Schlomo Yitzhaki (Rashi), and was a descendant of Rabbi Yeshayahu ben Abraham Horovitz ha-Levi. [18] Wiesel had three siblings—older sisters Beatrice and Hilda, and younger sister Tzipora.
Apr 2, 2014 · Elie Wiesel is a Nobel-Prize winning writer, teacher and activist known for his memoir 'Night,' in which he recounted his experiences surviving the Holocaust. Updated: Sep 09, 2022 4:48 PM EDT ...
Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in the town of Sighet, now part of Romania. During World War II, he, with his family and other Jews from the area, were deported to the German concentration and extermination camps, where his parents and little sister perished. Wiesel and his two older sisters survived. Liberated from Buchenwald in 1945 by advancing ...
Jul 2, 2016 · Elie Wiesel. The Nobel Peace Prize 1986. Born: 30 September 1928, Sighet, Romania. Died: 2 July 2016, New York, NY, USA. Residence at the time of the award: USA. Role: Chairman of The President's Commission on the Holocaust. Prize motivation: “for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity”. Prize share ...
Wiesel at age 15. Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, was born in the provincial town of Sighet, Romania on September 30, 1928. A Jewish community had existed there since 1640 ...
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Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in. Sighet, Transylvania, now a part of Romania. He was 15 years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. His mother and younger sister perished, his two older sisters survived. Elie and his father were later transported to Buchenwald, where his father died shortly before the camp was ...
