ELIE WIESEL

~ Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet,

Romania in 1928.

~ He was sent to a concentration

camp with his whole family.

~ His mother and little sister were killed as soon as they were sent to the camps.

Brief Biography

~ He got sent to Buchenwald along with his

father.

~ In 1944 the Nazis arrived in Sighet, he was 15.

Elie at 15.

~ Elie’s father died in Buchenwald before it

could be liberated.

~ In April of 1945, Buchenwald was liberated. Elie was 16.

~Elie lived in France after the war and discovered

that two of his older sisters had survived as well.

~ He married Marion Erster Rose in 1969. She was a survivor of the German concentration camps

Brief Biography Cont.

~He wrote the book Night which tells of

the terror he faced in the concentration

camps.

~His book has been translated into 30 different languages.

The Book About The Camp

~He and his wife created the Elie

Wiesel Foundation for Humanity.

~Their mission is to “is to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice through international dialogue and youth-focused programs that promote acceptance, understanding and equality.” It was created in the memory of the Holocaust.

Accomplishments

~He has written many other books about topics

similar to the Holocaust.

~His wife has translated all of his books into English.

~He is credited as one of the first to use the

term “Holocaust”.

Accomplishments Cont.

~In 1978 he was appointed Chairman of the President’s Commission on the Holocaust by President Jimmy Carter.

~In 1980 he became the founding Chairman

of the United States Holocaust Memorial

Museum.

Awards Won

Awards Won Cont.

~Elie Wiesel also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States Congressional Gold Medal and the Medal of Libery Award, the rank of Grand-Croix in the French Legion of Honor.

~He received the following awards for

defending human rights and peace all through

the world:

~In 1985 he received the Nobel Peace Prize.

~He has gotten more than 100 honorary degrees from “institutions of higher learning”.

Elie is 7th from the left in the middle row bunk.

Quotes:

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The

opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The

opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the

opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”

“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.”

“For the dead and the living we must bear witness.”

-Elie Weisel

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