Elie Wiesel
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Wiesel in 1996 | |
| Born | Eliezer Wiesel September 30, 1928 Sighet, Kingdom of Romania |
| Died | July 2, 2016 (aged 87) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Sharon Gardens Cemetery, Valhalla, New York, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | University of Paris |
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| Notable works | Night (1960) |
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Marion Erster Rose (m. 1969) |
| Children | Elisha |
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel[a] (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during the Holocaust.[6]
As a political activist, Wiesel became a regular speaker on the subject of the Holocaust and remained a strong defender of human rights during his lifetime, advocating for justice in numerous causes around the globe, including that of Soviet Jews and Ethiopian Jews, South African apartheid, the Rwandan genocide, the Bosnian genocide, the War in Darfur, the Kurdish independence movement, the Armenian genocide, Argentina's Desaparecidos, Nicaragua's Miskito people, the Sri Lankan Tamils, and the Cambodian genocide. He was also an outspoken advocate for Israel and frequently weighed in to support the country during escalations of the Arab–Israeli conflict and throughout the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, while also hosting direct talks to facilitate the Israeli–Palestinian peace process.[7][8][9][10]
Wiesel was a professor of the humanities at Boston University, which created the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies in his honor. He received a number of awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.[11][12][13] He was a founding board member of the Human Rights Foundation and remained active in it throughout his life.[14][15] Wiesel was one of the main figures who spearheaded the establishment of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.
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- ^ "Remembering Elie Wiesel" Archived July 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Standard, July 7, 2016
- ^ Wiesel, Elisha. "My father, Elie Wiesel, survived Auschwitz. He'd ask these questions about Israel-Hamas war". USA TODAY. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ Erlanger, Steven (June 22, 2006). "Abbas and Olmert Embrace at Informal First Meeting". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize for 1986: Elie Wiesel". The Nobel Foundation. October 14, 1986. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- ^ Corinne Segal (July 2, 2016). "Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 87". PBS. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ Carrie Kahn (July 2, 2016). "Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 87". npr. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ "Elie Wiesl". Human Rights Foundation. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "Human Rights Foundation Lauds OAS Discussion on Venezuela". Latin American Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
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