21. Academy Of Achievement elie wiesel Nobel Prize for Peace BIOGRAPHY. b. September 30, 1928. 57K. elie wiesel grew up in the closeknit Jewish community of Sighet. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1

22. ClassicNotes: Elie Wiesel Biography of the writer. http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_elie_wiesel.html

Member login: Username Password Cancel Membership Tell a Friend! Enter e-mail address: Search GradeSaver dictionary thesaurus Hosted by pair Networks Biography of Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Transylvania on September 30, 1928. He had two older sisters and a younger sister named Tzipora. The town of Sighet is located in present-day Romania, although historically the area has been claimed by the people of both Hungary and Romania. Elie (short for Eliezer) grew up speaking Yiddish at home, and Hungarian, Romanian, and German outside. He also learned classical Hebrew at school. Elie's mother's family was part of the Hasidic sect of Judaism, and Elie loved the mysticism and folk tales of the sect as a child. He devoted the early years of his life to religious studies although his father encouraged him to study modern Hebrew and secular subjects also. During the early years of World War II, Sighet remained relatively unaffected by the war. Although Sighet became controlled by the Hungarians instead of the Romanians, the Jews in Sighet believed that they would be safe from the persecution that Jews in Germany and Poland were suffering. In 1944, however, Elie and all the other Jews in the town were deported to concentration camps in Poland. Elie and his father were taken to Auschwitz, where they became separated from Elie's mother and younger sister Tzipora. Elie, who was fifteen at the time, never saw them again. During the following year, Elie was moved to the concentration camps at Buna, Gleiwitz, and Buchenwald. He managed to stay with his father the entire time until his father's death from dysentery, starvation, exposure, and exhaustion at Buchenwald. Finally, in April 1945, Elie was liberated from Buchenwald by the United States Third Army.

23. Bold Type: Conversation With Elie Wiesel A conversation with wiesel from Bold Type. http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/1299/wiesel/interview.html

hat has been your greatest achievement as a public figure? You've said you don't enjoy politics, but do you have what you would consider a greatest achievement in the political realm? I don't know much about politics, and I don't want to know. That's why I rarely involve myself in politics. But I think I've tried to raise awareness of the suffering of Jewish people, and beyond itbut not without itthe suffering of other people during the Second World War. And there's my fight for Soviet Jews who are dissidents. I was in Russia for the first time in '65. I never stopped fighting for them. My book Jews of Silence came out a year later. I am also proud of my work as a teacher; I love teaching. What courses are you teaching now? I never teach the same course twice. This semester, I am teaching two courses. One is a course in literature in which we took a group of writers and compared their first book to their best book. Which authors did you cover? Dostoevsky. His first book was called Poor Folk

24. Elie Wiesel Book Reviews Reviews of books by holocaust survivor elie wiesel Night, Dawn, The Accident. http://www.geocities.com/skylarburris/elie.html

25. Elie Wiesel Bio elie wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania, now a part of Romania. Afterthe war, elie wiesel studied in Paris and later became a journalist. http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/ElieWiesel/ElieWieselBio.htm

F P RESIDENT E lie Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania, now a part of Romania. He was fifteen 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 liberated in April 1945. After the war, Elie Wiesel studied in Paris and later became a journalist. During an interview with the distinguished French writer, Francois Mauriac, he was persuaded to write about his experiences in the death camps. The result was his internationally acclaimed memoir, La Nuit or Night , which has since been translated into more than thirty languages. Elie Wiesel is the author of more than forty books of fiction and non-fiction, including A Beggar in Jerusalem (Prix Médicis winner), The Testament (Prix Livre Inter winner), The Fifth Son (winner of the Grand Prize in Literature from the City of Paris), and two volumes of his memoirs. For his literary and human rights activities, he has received numerous awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal and the Medal of Liberty Award, and the rank of Grand-Croix in the French Legion of Honor. In 1986, Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Prize for Peace

26. Academy Of Achievement elie wiesel Nobel Prize for Peace INTERVIEW June 29, 1996 Sun Valley,Idaho. Childhood is one of the recurring themes in your writing. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0int-1

27. TIME 100 Leaders Revolutionaries - Adolf Hitler An essay written by Holocaust survivor and noted author elie wiesel on Adolf Hitler and the nature of evil. http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/hitler.html

Teddy Roosevelt V.I. Lenin Margaret Sanger Mao Zedong ... Nelson Mandela Adolf Hitler The avatar of fascism posed the century's greatest threat to democracy and redefined the meaning of evil forever BY ELIE WIESEL ot being a professional historian, I take on this essay with fear and trembling. That's because, although defeated, although dead, this man is frightening. What was the secret of his power over his listeners? His demagogic appeal to immoderation, to excess and to simplifying hate? They spoke of his intuitive powers and his "luck" (he escaped several attempts on his life). Adolf Hitler or the incarnation of absolute evil; this is how future generations will remember the all-powerful Fuehrer of the criminal Third Reich. Compared with him, his peers Mussolini and Franco were novices. Under his hypnotic gaze, humanity crossed a threshold from which one could see the abyss. Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 SIDEBAR: Genocide's Hall of Shame BORN April 20, 1889, in Braunau, Austria Helps form the Nazi Party in war-weakened Germany Leads an abortive putsch in Munich beer hall Starts writing Mein Kampf in prison Becomes dictator of Germany, prepares the nation for war and a "Final Solution" to the "Jewish problem"

28. Elie Wiesel Winner Of The 1986 Nobel Prize In Peace elie wiesel. 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Chairman of 'The President's Commissionon the Holocaust'. Internet Links The elie wiesel Foundation for Humanity; http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1986a.html

E LIE W IESEL 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Chairman of 'The President's Commission on the Holocaust' Background Born: 1928 Place of Birth: Romania Residence: U.S.A. Book Store The Night Trilogy : Night, Dawn, the Accident Night All Rivers Run to the Sea : Memoirs A Vanished World by Roman Vishniac, Elie Wiesel Books by Elie Wiesel Featured Internet Links The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity United States Holocaust Museum Nobel Peace Prize Press Release Biography Search WWW Search The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Nobel News Links Wiesel, Walesa at Auschwitz Proclaim Right Not to Suffer Wiesel Expects a Meeting with Gorbachev Nobel Prize Winner Encouraged by 5-Day Journey to Soviet Union (1986) Wiesel Returns to Joy of Teaching ... Most Israelis Hail Wiesel's Nobel; Some Rap His Living Outside Israel Links added by Nobel Internet Archive visitors WIn every era of human creaticity indifference is the enenu; indiffererence of evil is worse than evil, because it is also sterile." Elie Wiesel. (submitted by Michael Holmboe Meyer Brief biography and a photograph critical review of historical suppositions Elie Wiesel sppech- The Perils of Indifference (submitted by Poorani Subramanian Elie Wiesel Nobel lecture, December 11, 1986

29. Faculty Wiesel elie wiesel's courses on the philosophy of literature are from time to time crosslisted in the Philosophy Department. http://www.bu.edu/PHILO/faculty/wiesel.html

Philosophy Department Faculty Previous Next Philosophy Department Elie Wiesel University Professor, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and Religion (LittD, LHD, Nobel Peace Prize); Philosophy and Literature, Judaica Elie Wiesel's courses on the philosophy of literature are from time to time cross-listed in the Philosophy Department. Boston University Faculty Academic ... Contact Us Last revised on Comments

30. Elie Wiesel - Biography elie wiesel – Biography. elie wiesel was born in 1928 in the town ofSighet, now part of Romania. Selected Bibliography. By elie wiesel. http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-bio.html

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 Allied troops, he was taken to Paris where he studied at the Sorbonne and worked as a journalist. In 1958, he published his first book, La Nuit , a memoir of his experiences in the concentration camps. He has since authored nearly thirty books some of which use these events as their basic material. In his many lectures, Wiesel has concerned himself with the situation of the Jews and other groups who have suffered persecution and death because of their religion, race or national origin. He has been outspoken on the plight of Soviet Jewry, on Ethiopian Jewry and on behalf of the State of Israel today Wiesel has made his home in New York City, and is now a United States citizen. He has been a visiting scholar at

31. Peace 1986 The Nobel Peace Prize 1986. elie wiesel. USA. Chairman Speech elie wieselBiography Nobel Lecture Nobel Symposia Other Resources. 1985, 1987. http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1986/

The Nobel Peace Prize 1986 Elie Wiesel USA Chairman of "The President's Commission on the Holocaust" b. 1928 (in Sighet, Romania) The Nobel Peace Prize 1986 Press Release Presentation Speech Elie Wiesel ... Other Resources The 1986 Prize in: Physics Chemistry Physiology or Medicine Literature ... Economic Sciences Find a Laureate: Last modified June 16, 2000 The Official Web Site of The Nobel Foundation

32. Elie Wiesel Bio awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1995publishes memoirs. elie wiesel in 1968. lifetimeof service. elie wiesel age 15. wiesel has since published http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/HOLO/ELIEBIO.HTM

TIMELINE 1928born in Sighet, Romania 1944deported to Auschwitz Jan.1945father dies in Buchenwald Apr.1945liberated from concentration camp 1948moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne 1948work in journalism begins 1954decides to write about the Holocaust 1956hit by a car in New York 1958 Night is published 1963receives U.S. citizenship 1964returned to Sighet 1965first trip to Russia 1966publishes Jews of Silence 1969married Marion Rose 1972son is born 1978appointed chair of Presidential Commission on the Holocaust 1980Commission renamed U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council 1985awarded Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement 1986awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1995publishes memoirs Elie Wiesel in 1968 Elie Wiesel's statement, "...to remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all..."stands as a succinct summary of his views on life and serves as the driving force of his work. Wiesel is the author of 36 works dealing with Judaism, the Holocaust, and the moral responsibility of all people to fight hatred, racism and genocide. Born September 30, 1928, Eliezer Wiesel led a life representative of many Jewish children. Growing up in a small village in Romania, his world revolved around family, religious study, community and God. Yet his family, community and his innocent faith were destroyed upon the deportation of his village in 1944. Arguably the most powerful and renowned passage in Holocaust literature, his first book

33. Elie Wiesel - Hope, Despair And Memory - Nobel Lecture Hope, Despair and Memory by elie wiesel Nobel lecture, December 11, 1986 A Hasidiclegend tells us that the great Rabbi Baal Shem Tov, Master of the Good Name http://home.online.no/~kanda/wiesel2.htm

Hope, Despair and Memory by Elie Wiesel Nobel lecture, December 11, 1986 A Hasidic legend tells us that the great Rabbi Baal Shem Tov, Master of the Good Name, also known as the Besht, undertook an urgent and perilous mission: to hasten the coming of the Messiah. The Jewish people, all humanity were suffering too much, beset by too many evils. They had to be saved, and swiftly. For having tried to meddle with the history, the Besht was punished; banished along with his faithful servant to a distant land. In despair, the servant implored his master to exercise his mysterious powers in order to bring them both home. "Impossible," the Besht replied. "My powers have been taken from me." "Then, please, say a prayer, recite a litany, work a miracle." "Impossible," the Master replied, "I have forgotten everything." They both fell to weeping. Suddenly the Master turned to his servant and asked: "Remind me of a prayer - any prayer." "If only I could," said the servant. "I too have forgotten everything." "Everything - absolutely everything?" "Yes, except-" "Exept what?" "Except the alphabet." At that the Besht cried out joyfully: "Then what are you waiting for? Begin reciting the alphabet and I shall repeat after you..." And together the two exiled ben began to recite, at first in whispers, then more loudly: "

34. Jewish-American Hall Of Fame -- Virtual Tour Medal by Alex Shagin Mel Wacks (1995), elie wiesel, Author humanitarian.elie wiesel (born 1928). Click Here to Take elie wiesel Quiz. http://www.amuseum.org/jahf/virtour/page32.html

Virtual Tour INDEX People Abravanel, Don Isaac Berlin, Irving Bernstein, Leonard Brandeis, Louis D. ... Zacuto, Abraham Places Carnegie Hall (NY) Hebrew University (Jerus.) Monticello (VA) Salk Institute (CA) ... Touro Synagogue (RI) Events Discovering New World Expulsion of Jews First Jewish Settlers Meeting Queen Isabella ... Titanic Disaster Elie Wiesel (born 1928) Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928 in Sighet, a small town in Rumania. His grandfather told the young Elie Hasidic tales, which later inspired Wiesel's writings. In 1944, the Nazis deported all of Sighet's 15,000 Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Wiesel's mother and younger sister died in the gas chambers, and his father died later on a forced march to Buchenwald. In 1957, Wiesel joined the staff of the Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish-language newspaper in New York; he became a United States citizen in 1963. Not until 10 years after his release from Buchenwald, did Elie Wiesel begin writing about the Holocaust. His first biographical book "And the World Remained Silent" appeared in Yiddish, and four years later it was published in English as the novel "Night." This was followed by over two dozen semi-autobiographical novels, plays and essays, all bearing witness to the Holocaust.

35. Ten Nobels For The Future 1981 Touraine, Alain Walcott, Derek Literature, 1992 Watson, James D. Medicine,1962 Weinberg, Steven Physics, 1979 wiesel, elie Peace, 1986 Zewail, Ahmed H http://www.hypothesis.it/nobel/eng/bio/wiesel.htm

Allais, Maurice Economics, 1988 Altman, Sidney Chemistry, 1989 Arber, Werner Medicine, 1978 Arrow, Kenneth J. Economics, 1972 Baltimore, David Medicine, 1975 Becker, Gary S. Economics, 1992 Black, James W. Medicine, 1988 Brown, Lester R. Buchanan, James M. Economics, 1986 Charpak, Georges Physics, 1992 Dahrendorf, Ralf Dausset, Jean Medicine, 1980 Debreu, Gérard Economics, 1983 de Duve, Christian Medicine, 1974 Dulbecco, Renato Medicine, 1975 Ernst, Richard R. Chemistry, 1991 Esaki, Leo Physics, 1973 Fo, Dario Literature, 1997 Gell-Mann, Murray Physics, 1969 Glashow, Sheldon Lee Physics, 1979 Guillemin, Roger C.L. Medicine, 1977 Hoffmann, Roald Chemistry, 1981 Jacob, François Medicine, 1965 Kindermans, Jean-Marie Peace 1999 Klein, Lawrence R. Economics, 1980 Kroto, Harold W. Chemistry, 1996 Lederman, Leon M.

36. Dieci Nobel Per Il Futuro Translate this page 1981 Touraine, Alain Walcott, Derek Letteratura, 1992 Watson, James D. Medicina,1962 Weinberg, Steven Fisica, 1979 wiesel, elie Pace, 1986 Zewail, Ahmed H http://www.hypothesis.it/nobel/ita/bio/wiesel.htm

Allais, Maurice Economia, 1988 Altman, Sidney Chimica, 1989 Arber, Werner Medicina, 1978 Arrow, Kenneth J. Economia, 1972 Baltimore, David Medicina, 1975 Becker, Gary S. Economia, 1992 Black, James W. Medicina, 1988 Brown, Lester R. Buchanan, James M. Economia, 1986 Charpak, Georges Fisica, 1992 Dahrendorf, Ralf Dausset, Jean Medicina, 1980 Debreu, Gérard Economia, 1983 de Duve, Christian Medicina, 1974 Dulbecco, Renato Medicina, 1975 Ernst, Richard R. Chimica, 1991 Esaki, Leo Fisica, 1973 Fo, Dario Letteratura, 1997 Gell-Mann, Murray Fisica, 1969 Glashow, Sheldon Lee Fisica, 1979 Guillemin, Roger C.L. Medicina, 1977 Hoffmann, Roald Chimica, 1981 Jacob, François Medicina, 1965 Kindermans, Jean-Marie Pace, 1999 Klein, Lawrence R. Economia, 1980 Kroto, Harold W. Chimica, 1996 Lederman, Leon M.

37. Elie Wiesel Speech The Perils Of Indifference Similar pages wiesel, eliewiesel, elie,. elie wiesel, 1997. AP/Wide World Photos. BIBLIOGRAPHY. EllenNorman Stern, elie wiesel Witness for Life (1982), is a biography. http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/wiesel.htm

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate, Elie Wiesel, gave this impassioned speech in the East Room of the White House on April 12, 1999, as part of the ongoing Millennium Lecture series, hosted by President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. In the summer of 1944, as a teenager in Hungary, Elie Wiesel, along with his father, mother and sisters, were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz extermination camp in occupied Poland. Upon arrival there, Wiesel and his father were selected by SS Dr. Josef Mengele for slave labor and wound up at the nearby Buna rubber factory. Daily life included starvation rations of soup and bread, brutal discipline, and a constant struggle against overwhelming despair. At one point, young Wiesel received 25 lashes of the whip for a minor infraction. In January 1945, as the Russian Army drew near, Wiesel and his father were hurriedly evacuated from Auschwitz by a forced march to Gleiwitz and then via an open train car to Buchenwald in Germany, where his father, mother, and a younger sister eventually died. Wiesel was liberated by American troops in April 1945. After the war, he moved to Paris and became a journalist then later settled in New York. Since 1976, he has been Andrew Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University. He has received numerous awards and honors including the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was also the Founding Chair of the United States Holocaust Memorial. Wiesel has written over 40 books including

38. EducETH: Wiesel, Elie information on elie wiesel and elie wiesel's books suitable for class reading,teaching information, teachers' and students' comments, requests. http://www.educeth.ch/english/readinglist/wiesele/

EducETH Info Kontakt Suchen ... Grammar Wiesel, Elie: *1928 Reading List Author Night Secondary Literature ... Can You Help? Author Facts Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1986 Biography from: PBS the American Academy of Achievement (with many pictures) By the Author Interview June 29, 1996 Interview given on June 29, 1996, Sun Valley, Idaho. With pictures, audio and video sequences. Video Elie Wiesel talks to Oprah Winfrey , September 8, 2000. After an introduction by Oprah Winfrey you can select the following parts of the interview: remembering being liberated from the concentartion camp (1:19); trying to stop atrocities in the world today (1:29); having no doubt about (1:53) - a transcript is also shown. From oprah.com . (Flash) Audio Nobel Peace Prize 100th Anniversary Celebration with Elie Wiesel : Dr. Wiesel shares the story of his remarkable life and career, as Holocaust survivor, historian, author, professor, and humanitarian.(RealPlayer 58:13) Elie Wiesel talks to Michael Freedland about (November 2, 1986, BBC Radio) the meaning of the word holocaust; obsession and guilt of the survivor

39. Elie Wiesel's Relationship With God elie wiesel's Relationship with God By Robert E. Douglas, Jr. As a survivorof the Holocaust, elie wiesel has to reevaluate God in his world. http://www-int.stsci.edu/~rdouglas/publications/suff/suff.html

Elie Wiesel's Relationship with God By Robert E. Douglas, Jr. Sufficiency Course Sequence: Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Humanities Sufficiency Program Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts Abstract: The Holocaust presents one of the most disturbing theological dilemmas of the twentieth century. As a survivor of the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel has to reevaluate God in his world. He does so through is writings, in which he questions God and tells us of the answers, or lack of answers, that he receives. Contents Contents Introduction Before the Holocaust Signs of Doubt ... About this document ... Elie Wiesel's Relationship with God Introduction Robert Brown writes of Wiesel, ``Contrary to much popular interpretation, Wiesel's indictment of God does not constitute a denial of God...if only one could deny and have it over and done with...at least the ground rules would be clear...'' ( [Brown] , 142) The denial of God would make all the questioning pointless, as there would be no reason to expect any reasonable answer. It might be a scary thought, but true nonetheless. It is in God's existence that the questions can be asked, but not necessarily answered. ``The survivors [of the Holocaust]...are aware of the fact that God's presence at Treblinka...poses a problem which will remain forever insoluble.'' ( Legends , 6) To ourselves we must reassess God's place in our world, and question the fact that God could watch as the horrors of the Holocaust were committed.

40. Wiesel, Elie. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. wiesel, elie. 1928–,American writer, writing in French, b. Sighet, Romania. At http://www.bartleby.com/65/wi/Wiesel-E.html

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