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   What did Elie Wiesel do after WW2?

   • After the war, Wiesel advocated tirelessly for remembering about and learning from the Holocaust. He was a driving force behind the creation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. In 1986, Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to defend human rights and peace around the world.

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   Who was Elie Wiesel?

   • Author of Night. Human rights activist. Wiesel devoted his life to educating the world about the Holocaust. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Elie Wiesel was deported to Auschwitz with his family in May 1944. He was selected for forced labor and imprisoned in the concentration camps of Monowitz and Buchenwald.

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   Why did Elie Wiesel win a Nobel Peace Prize?

   • He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Elie Wiesel was deported to Auschwitz with his family in May 1944. He was selected for forced labor and imprisoned in the concentration camps of Monowitz and Buchenwald. After the war, Wiesel advocated tirelessly for remembering about and learning from the Holocaust.

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   How old was Elie Wiesel when he was deported?

   • Elie Wiesel is fifteen years old when he and his family are deported in May 1944 by the Hungarian gendarmerie and the German SS and police from Sighet to Auschwitz. His mother and younger sister perish; his two older sisters survive. Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz on January 27. US troops liberate Buchenwald on April 11.

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   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.

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   After World War II ended and Wiesel was freed, he joined a transport of 1,000 child survivors of Buchenwald to Ecouis, France, where the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE) had established a rehabilitation center.

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   May 20, 2024 · Elie Wiesel, 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.

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   Apr 2, 2014 · (1928-2016) Who Was Elie Wiesel? Born on September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Romania, Elie Wiesel pursued Jewish religious studies before his family was forced into Nazi death camps during WWII....

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   Jul 2, 2016 · He was the world's leading spokesman on the Holocaust. After German forces occupied Hungary in 1944, the Wiesel family was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp and killing centre in Poland. Upon arrival, Elie Wiesel's mother and younger sister were murdered in a gas chamber.