Elie Wiesel
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel ( or ; ; 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'', a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.In his political activities Wiesel became a regular speaker on the subject of the Holocaust and remained a strong defender of human rights during his lifetime. He also advocated for many other causes like the state of Israel and against Hamas and victims of oppression including Soviet and Ethiopian Jews, the apartheid in South Africa, the Bosnian genocide, Sudan, the Kurds and the Armenian genocide, Argentina's Desaparecidos or Nicaragua's Miskito people.
He was a professor of the humanities at Boston University, which created the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies in his honor. He was involved with Jewish causes and human rights causes and helped establish the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
Wiesel was awarded various prestigious awards including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. He was a founding board member of the New York Human Rights Foundation and remained active in it throughout his life. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published in: The Holocaust and the United Nations outreach programme (2009), S. 57-62
Published in: The Holocaust and the United Nations outreach programme (2009), S. 57-62
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Published in: Programme de communication "L'Holocauste es les Nations Unies" (2009), S. 57-62
Published in: Programme de communication "L'Holocauste es les Nations Unies" (2009), S. 57-62
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Published in: Verachtet, verstoßen, vernichtet (1995), Seite 209-220 year:1995 pages:209-220
Published in: Verachtet, verstoßen, vernichtet (1995), Seite 209-220 year:1995 pages:209-220
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Published in: The Holocaust forty years after (1989), Seite 7-18 year:1989 pages:7-18
Published in: The Holocaust forty years after (1989), Seite 7-18 year:1989 pages:7-18
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Topography of Terror (Berlin)
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