Elie Wiesel is a writer and human rights advocate who has spent decades advancing humanitarian causes. Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania, now a part of Romania. In this family photo, Wiesel is seen with his mother Sarah Fieg and sisters. In the next photo, learn about Wiesel's experiences at Auschwitz.
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Elie Wiesel was just fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. His two older sisters survived, but his mother and younger sister perished. In the next photo, see where Wiesel grew up.
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In 1944, Elie Wiesel's family was moved to Serpent Street, one of two ghettos located in Sighet. Their family home is now a memorial. Next, see where Wiesel was moved as an adolescent.
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Wiesel at the OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants) home for displaced Orthodox Jewish children in Ambloy. Ten years after the war, he began to write about his childhood experiences. Wiesel later won many awards for his literary work.
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Elie Wiesel received a French Literary Prize in 1980, and he later won one of the most coveted awards of all time. Can you guess which one?
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Wiesel receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 1986. He continued to speak out against violence and racism as seen in the next picture.
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Wiesel at the 1987 trial of Klaus Barbie, SS officer in charge of the Gestapo in Lyon, France from 1942 to 1944. Click on to see how Wiesel's work took him all over the world.
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In this photo, Elie Wiesel visits Bosnia. On the next page, see how he helped some of the Bosnian victims of genocide.
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Elie Wiesel with Srebrenica Genocide Architect Radovan Karadzic in Bosnia. In the next photo, see which President was present at the dedication of the Holocaust museum.
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Harvey Meyerhoff, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council chairman, President Bill Clinton, and Elie Wiesel, founding chairman, at the dedication ceremony of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.
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After winning the Nobel Prize for Peace, Elie Wiesel and wife Marion established The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. Click on to learn more about Wiesel's accomplishments.
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Elie Wiesel is the author of more than forty books of fiction and non-fiction and has received numerous awards for his literary and human rights activities.
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Elie Wiesel is the Founding President of the Paris based Universal Academy of Cultures. He's received over one hundred honorary degrees from institutions of higher learning.
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Teaching as always been central to Elie Wiesel's work. Since 1976, he has been the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, where he also holds the title of University Professor. He is a member of the Faculty in the Department of Religion as well as the Department of Philosophy.
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