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42. "An Evening With Elie Wiesel" elie wiesel, nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston University Professor, will delivera public lecture as part of the Arthur N. Rupe Distinguished Dialogue http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/events/past/Wiesel/

THE ARTHUR N. RUPE DISTINGUISHED DIALOGUE SERIES AND THE HERMAN P. AND SOPHIA TAUBMAN ENDOWED SYMPOSIA IN JEWISH STUDIES PRESENT An Evening with Elie Wiesel (SOLD OUT) Wednesday, April 24 / 8 P.M Tickets: $5 The Arlington Theatre 1317 State Street, Santa Barbara and the Arlington Ticket Agency (963-4408) Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston University Professor, will deliver a public lecture as part of the Arthur N. Rupe Distinguished Dialogue Series at UCSB. Courtesy of the UCSB Bookstore, copies of his book swill be available for purchase and signing at this event. Elie Wiesel Nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston University Professor Elie Wiesel has worked on behalf of oppressed people for much of his adult life. His personal experience of the Holocaust has led him to use his talents as an author, teacher and storyteller to defend human rights and peace throughout the world. Wiesel's efforts have earned him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States Congressional Gold Medal and the Medal of Liberty Award, the rank of Grand Officer in the French Legion of Honor, and in 1986, the Nobel Peace Prize. He has received more than ninety honorary degrees from institutions of higher learning.

43. NoodleLinks: Elie Wiesel Rado, Diane. Remember Horrors of the Past, nobel Laureate elie WieselUrges. St. Petersburg Times 4 Feb. 1987, City ed. 16B. http://www.noodletools.com/noodlelinks/links/5uqqgwxw_14433.html

Topic: Elie Wiesel Submitted by anonymous on May 24th, 2001 Works Cited Burke, Jeffrey. "Jews Under Stalin." New York Times 12 Apr. 1981, Late City Final ed.: Section 7, p.15. LEXIS-NEXUS Scholastic Universe. 21 May 2001. Keyword: Elie Wiesel, Holocaust, and History. The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity . The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. 21 May 2001 Elie Wiesel Greenfield, Charles. "The World Through Elie Wiesel's Eyes." Toronto Star 15 Nov. 1986, Saturday Second ed.: M22. LEXIS-NEXIS Scholastic Universe. 21 May 2001. Keyword: Elie Wiesel. Hall, Carla. "Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust." Washington Post 21 Apr. 1982, Final ed.: B8. LEXIS-NEXIS Scholastic Universe. 21 May 2001. Keyword: Elie Wiesel. Kakutani, Michiko. "Wiesel:No Answers, Only Questions." New York Times 7 Apr. 1981, Late City Final ed.: Section C, p.11. LEXIS-NEXIS Scholastic Universe. 21 May 2001. Keyword: Elie Wiesel, Holocaust, and History. News Services. "Wiesel Wins Peace Nobel." San Diego Union-Tribune 15 Oct. 1986: A1. LEXIS-NEXIS

44. Elie Wiesel Scheduled To Appear At Distinguished Speaker Series--Click Here For A man with a powerful moral presence, elie wiesel was awarded the nobel Peace Prizein 1986 as well as the unofficial role of the world's conscience- for http://www.speakersla.com/wiesel.htm

h t t p : / / w w w . s p e a k e r s l a . c o m Nobel Laureate, Holocaust Survivor and Author Swan Productions,LLC P.O. Box 3451 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 March 3, 2003 PASADENA 8:00 p.m. March 4, 2003 THOUSAND OAKS 8:00 p.m. March 5, 2003 REDONDO BEACH 8:00 p.m. A man with a powerful moral presence, Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 - as well as the unofficial role of the world's conscience- for his efforts on behalf of oppressed people worldwide. His personal experience of the Holocaust has led him to use his talents by becoming an author of over 40 books, teacher and storyteller to vigorously defend human rights and peace. The Los Angeles Times described Elie Wiesel as "the most important Jew in America". Born in Romania, Elie Wiesel was imprisoned in the Nazi death camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald at age 15. He survived to write about the horrific experience in such books as Night Elie Wiesel's constant efforts to promote peace and tolerance have earned him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal and the Medal of Liberty Award, and the rank of Grand Officer in the French Legion of Honor. He was appointed a chair of the President's Commission on the Holocaust by President Jimmy Carter and became founding chair of the United State Holocaust Memorial Council.

45. Elie Wiesel Gold Medal of Achievement and a year later he won the nobel Peace Prize. Lazarus,Joyce B. Expanding Time The Art of elie wiesel in the Gates of the Forest . http://english.cla.umn.edu/courseweb/1591/Students/ElieWiesel/Eliewiesel.html

ELIE WIESEL Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Transylvania on September 30,1928. He grew up the only son of four children in a close-knit Jewish community. He was well educated in Hebrew studies, concentrating on the Hassidic sect of Judaism to which his mother's family belonged. World War II changed Wiesel's life forever after his village was taken over by the Nazis in 1944. At age 15, he and his family were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Wiesel was separated from his mother and younger sister but remained with his father for another year. His father died in the last months of the war, and he never saw his mother and sister again learning that they had perished in the gas chambers. Wiesel ended up serving time at three other concentration camps Buna, Buchenwald and Gleiwitz. Following the war, Wiesel learned that his two older sisters had survived. At the end of the war in 1945, Wiesel spent a few years in a French orphanage. In 1948, he began to study literature, philosophy and psychology at the Sorbonne. He became a journalist at that time and wrote for L'arche newspaper. While writing for this paper, Wiesel met Nobel laureate Francois Mauriac who encouraged him to break his personal vow to never speak of his concentration camp experiences. In 1956, Wiesel was involved in a motor vehicle accident while in New York City. After a year of recovery, he made the decision to become a U.S. citizen.

46. News Release --McK Welcomes Elie Wiesel (9-11-02) Sept 11, 2002. MCKENDREE COLLEGE WELCOMES elie wiesel, nobel PRIZE WINNERClick to RSVP Online. nobel Prize Winner elie wiesel. Lebanon, Ill. http://www.mckendree.edu/web_02_03/College_Relations/news/02_03Releases/Septembe

Contact: 618-537-6862 Ken P. West Media Relations Coordinator Office of College Relations kpwest@mckendree.edu Sept 11, 2002 MCKENDREE COLLEGE WELCOMES ELIE WIESEL, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER Click to RSVP Online Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel Lebanon, Ill. Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel will open the McKendree College Distinguished Speaker Series with the Whitney R. Harris World Peace Lecture at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2, in the Melvin Price Convocation Center. In a post Sept. 11 world, Wiesel’s words carry even more weight today. His 1958 book, Night , recounts the horrors of the Holocaust and is regarded as one of the most powerful pieces of literature to emerge from the Holocaust. Born in Romania to a small Jewish family in 1928, Wiesel said the invasion of the Nazis in 1944 seemed unreal. "Everything changed overnight. A few words were uttered by a man in uniform, and the order of Creation collapsed," Wiesel later said. Although he survived, he lost his father, mother and sister in the concentration camps, events that prompted him to dedicate his life to making sure no one forgets the Holocaust.

47. Elie Wiesel (DSS Pg1) 2002 2003 George E. McCammon Memorial Distinguished Speaker SeriesOct. 2, 2002. Record Crowd Hears nobel Laureate elie wiesel. http://www.mckendree.edu/Photo_Album/Album02_03/DSS1/DSS1pg1.htm

McK Home Page McK Photo Album The Whitney R. Harris World Peace Lecture presents Elie Wiesel (page 1) George E. McCammon Memorial Distinguished Speaker Series Oct. 2, 2002 Record Crowd Hears Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 ... Page 5 When Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel opened the Distinguished Speaker Series with the Whitney R. Harris World Peace Lecture Oct. 2, he spoke to a record crowd in the Melvin Price Convocation Center. More than 2,000 people attended the event. Wiesel’s lecture drew the largest crowd ever for a Distinguished Speaker since the series was initiated in 1997. His 1958 book, Night , recounts the horrors of the Holocaust and is regarded as one of the most powerful pieces of literature to emerge from the Holocaust. Surviving the Holocaust, writing more than 30 books and novels, winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and dedicating his life to the pursuit of peace are just part of his life’s story. Born in Romania to a small Jewish family in 1928, Wiesel said the invasion of the Nazis in 1944 seemed unreal. "Everything changed overnight. A few words were uttered by a man in uniform, and the order of Creation collapsed." Although he survived, he lost his father, mother and sister in the concentration camps, events that prompted him to dedicate his life to making sure no one forgets the Holocaust.

48. Elie Wiesel Peace Hero Biography Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace isour gift to each other. elie wiesel, nobel lecture, Oslo, Dec. 11, 1986. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/peaceheroes/elie_wiesel.htm

Elie Wiesel: Writing for Peace By Sophia Wang "Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other." Elie Wiesel, Nobel lecture, Oslo, Dec. 11, 1986 Placed in the National Archives of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is an infamous photo of the Nazi concentration Buchenwald. The men are stacked into rows of bunk beds. On the right, one of them is standing, his skin stretched tightly over his bones, his face so grieved it is beyond emotional expression. From the dark shadows behind a beam peers the dark eyes of a prisoner, on the verge of manhood. Like all the others, he is frail, on the brink of hope and despair. Fate played another unexpected hand when Wiesel was covering the United Nations in New York and was seriously injured in a car accident. Temporarily confined to a wheelchair and unable to return home, he became a U.S. citizen to continue to legally stay in the States. It was here he met and married Marion Rose, who has translated many of his works written in French into English. "And now let me tell you a story."

49. Elie Wiesel: Elie Wiesel:  Raping German Girls - In The Yiddish, Is That Rape I Yours truly, Lubomyr Prytulak. Faurisson elie wiesel A Prominent False WitnessBy Robert Faurisson. elie wiesel won the nobel Peace Prize in 1986. http://abbc.com/wiesel/eng/girls.htm

GB Shaw) HOME Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel Ett falskt vittne Elie Wiesel: A Prominent False Witness Elie Wiesel - Raping German girls: "a frivolous dereliction of the obligation to fulfill the "historical commandment of revenge." April 8, 1999 Elie Wiesel University Professor and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities Boston University 745 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02215 USA Dear Mr. Wiesel: I bring to your attention the following excerpts from Naomi Seidman's essay, Elie Wiesel and the Scandal of Jewish Rage What Mauriac gave Wiesel in return for this transformation was the weight of his moral authority and the power of his literary status. Mauriac found Wiesel a publisher, wrote his first and most glowing reviews, even dedicated his Life of Jesus to him, the "crucified Jewish child" (!); in short, Mauriac found and secured Wiesel the larger audience he wanted. And in conversation with Mauriac, Wiesel developed a language to talk about the Jewish genocide that could hold the attention of Jews and Christians, a considerable achievement indeed. (Naomi Seidman, Elie Wiesel and the Scandal of Jewish rage , Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, and Society, Fall 1996, Volume 3, Number 1, p. 16, parenthesized exclamation mark was in the original)

50. Elie Weisel, Author & Activist: Posters, Books, Video, Links of David VHS After a successful television debut, Great Figures of the Bible thespecial series narrated by nobel Peace Prize winner elie wiesel, author of http://www.creativeprocess.net/moreposters/individuals/men/wiesele.html

Test your IQ! FREE! Join the Art.com Affiliate Program Activist: Posters, Books, Video, Links JUMP TO... MORE POSTERS BOOKSHELVES... MORE BOOKS- BY AND ABOUT... LINKS FOR LEARNING -peace education -art -science -social studies EDUCATIONAL POSTERS Voices of Diversity - Elie Wiesel Wall Poster Art.com more Voices of Diversity posters Nobel Peace Prize Winners - Elie Wiesel Art.com more Nobel Peace Prize Winners posters more Peace posters BOOKS, VIDEO All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs by Elie Wiesel - The long-awaited memoirs of Wiesel, winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, tell the story of his happy childhood in the Carpathian Mountains, his subsequent years of hell in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and his post-war life in France, where he discovered his voice as a writer. Highly recommended. The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident by Elie Wiesel - Night is one of the masterpieces of Holocaust literature. Night , first published in 1960, it is the autobiographical account of an adolescent boy and his father in Auschwiz. Wiesel writes of their battle for survival, and of his battle with God for a way to understand the wanton cruelty he witnesses each day. In the short novel Dawn a young man who has survived the Second World War and settled in Palestine, is apprenticed to a Jewish terrorist gang. Commanded to execute a British officer who has been taken hostage, the former victim becoms an executioner. In

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53. Middlebury College Public Affairs MIDDLEBURY, VT elie wiesel, nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston Universityprofessor, will speak at Middlebury College on Tuesday, Sept. http://www.middlebury.edu/~pubaff/news_2002/Fulton_Lecture.html

Email This Story Contact: Sarah Ray sray@middlebury.edu Posted: August 28, 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel to reflect on Sept. 11 one year later Sept. 10 lecture is free and open to the public Public Affairs Home MiddNews News Releases News Tips ... Our Staff MIDDLEBURY, VT - Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston University professor, will speak at Middlebury College on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 4:30 p.m. in Mead Chapel on Hepburn Road off College Street (Route 125). His talk, "Reflections on September 11 One Year Later," will be this year’s John Hamilton Fulton Memorial Lecture in the Liberal Arts. Following the lecture, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., there will be a reception in the Redfield Room of Proctor Hall, which is also on Hepburn Road. Copies of Wiesel’s new novel, "The Judges," will be available for purchase and signing by the author at the reception. Both the talk and the reception are free and open to the public. Wiesel has worked on behalf of oppressed people for much of his adult life. His personal experience of the Holocaust has led him to use his talents as an author, teacher and storyteller to defend human rights and peace throughout the world.

54. Magyar Rádió - Kincsestár wiesel, elie (Máramarossziget, 1928.IX.30. Szélesköru irodalmi tevékenységetfolytatott, az 1986évi nobel békedíjat azért kapta mert az egyik http://kincsestar.radio.hu/panoptikum/nobel/wiesel.php

Kossuth Petõfi Bartók Itthon ... Hírrendelés Keresés Mûsor ma más nap Élõ Petõfi Rádió Bartók Rádió Kossuth Rádió Kossuth URH radio.hu hangtár web 2003. 04. 22., kedd, Csilla, Noémi Wiesel, Elie (Máramarossziget, 1928.IX.30. - ?) Középiskoláit magánúton végezte, Debrecenben is vizsgázott. családjából egyedül õ élte túl a deportálást. Elõször Párizsban telepedett le. 1963 óta amerikai állampolgár. Széleskörû irodalmi tevékenységet folytatott, az 1986-évi Nobel békedíjat azért kapta "mert az egyik legfontosabb vezéralak és szellemi vezetõ volt azokban az idõkben, amikor az erõszak, az elnyomás és a fajgyûlölet nyomta rá a bélyegét a világ arculatára". Az önéletrajzában írottak alapján sajnos nem tekinthetjük magyar Nobel-díjasnak. (Magyar Tudomány, 2001/12.) Menü Kincsestár Hangos Pantheon Nobel-díjasok Lénárd Fülöp ... Gábor Dénes Wiesel, Elie Polanyi, John C. Oláh György Harsányi János Kertész Imre ArchívNet Szerkesztõség

55. World Economic Forum Knowledge Navigator - Wiesel Elie CoFounder, elie wiesel Foundation for Humanity, New York Recipient of numerous awardsand honours including the nobel Peace Prize; the Congressional Gold Medal http://www.weforum.org/site/knowledgenavigator.nsf/Content/Wiesel Elie

FAQs Sitemap Contact Us Search Wiesel Elie Professor of the Humanities, Boston University, USA Personal Profile: Professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Boston University. Co-Founder, Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, New York. Founding President, Acad©mie Universelle des Cultures, Paris. Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Council on Foreign Relations. Author of more than forty books. Recipient of numerous awards and honours including: the Nobel Peace Prize; the Congressional Gold Medal; the Presidential Medal of Freedom; Grand-Croix de la L©gion d'Honneur. Printer friendly version Send to a friend Related sessions: "Celebrating failures" and managing expectations, two key elements of leadership A New Agenda: Three Priorities Education: Creating a Curriculum for Cultural Understanding For Hope ... What Is Education For? Last updated: 13 December 2002 Privacy Statement About this site var wtl_loc = document.URL.indexOf('https:')==0?'https://a248.e.akamai.net/v/248/2120/1d/download.akamai.com/crs/lgsitewise.js':'http://crs.akamai.com/crs/lgsitewise.js'; document.write(""); var wtl_TagVer = 6; var wtl_FWD = 1; var wtl_url = document.URL; var wtl_title = document.title; var wtl_TagID = 144700; var wtl_SID = "144700"; var wtl_Offset = "100"; WTL_TAG = new Image; WTL_TAG.ID = "WTL_TAG"; var ORDER= ""; var SERVER= ""; var INVOICE= ""; var CARTVIEW= ""; var CARTADD= ""; var CARTREMOVE= ""; var CHECKOUT= ""; var CARTBUY= ""; var ADCAMPAIGN= ""; //wtl_Tag6(TAG,SID,wtl_url,wtl_title,"MainContentGroup,SubContentGroup"); wtl_Tag6(wtl_TagID,wtl_SID,wtl_url,wtl_title);

56. BU Alumni Web :: Elie Wiesel Center For Judaic Studies elie wiesel, nobel Laureate for Peace and Andrew W. Mellon Professorin the Humanities at BU, meets with students. The elie wiesel http://www.bu.edu/alumni/priorities/judaic/

Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate for Peace and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at BU, meets with students. The Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies attracts world-class scholars and students. The Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies is the academic heart of Judaism at Boston University. The Center serves as a magnet for students and scholars of Jewish culture, civilization, and religion. This multifaceted, interdisciplinary program gives special emphasis to Holocaust scholarship and issues of modern Judaism, but does not neglect the classical, medieval, and later eras, from which so much of our heritage in the Judeo-Christian tradition is derived. Few universities in the United States or abroad have the depth and breadth of Boston University's Jewish scholarship and related intellectual assets. Boston University has a long and distinguished record in the area of Judaic Studies, including the presence on its faculty for more than twenty years of Elie Wiesel, 1986 Nobel Laureate for Peace. Visiting scholars of note in Judaic Studies have included Gershom Scholem, and past faculty members have included Nahum Glatzer and Marvin Fox. Of the three Nobel laureates teaching at Boston University, two Elie Wiesel and novelist Saul Bellow have devoted their work to chronicling Jewish life.

57. Elie Wiesel Class Projects Internet material about elie wiesel wiesel won the nobel Peace Prizein 1986. The nobel Prize Internet Archive has a comprehensive http://www.cofc.edu/~girouxj/wiesel.htm

Projects on Elie Wiesel's Night Composed by students in J.A. Pittas-Giroux's ENGL 101 class "American Concentration Camps" by Susan Dunn, Rita Holend, Charles Preston, and Ross Wise. "Page under Construction" by Billy Gray. "The Holocaust" by Denise Myers and Ali Mylin. "Preventing a Recurrence of the Holocaust in Tibet in the 21st Century" by Lynn Myers and Jolanda van Arnhem. "Dehumanization" by Mike Steinmann. "Ethnic Cleansing: Is Slobodan Milosevic the Modern-Day Hitler?" by Shelby Stricklin. Internet material about Elie Wiesel Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. The Nobel Prize Internet Archive has a comprehensive list of web sites about Wiesel and his work. Read his Nobel address Wiesel won the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, which is presented by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations . The NECO has a short biography of Wiesel on their site. The Hall of Public Service has a profile and a biography of Wiesel. You'll also find a brief interview there. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum site has good general information. Return to J.A. Pittas-Giroux's

58. Elie Wiesel @Web English Teacher This site supports the video/DVD available from PBS. elie wiesel, Winner of the1986 nobel Prize in Peace A collection of links from the nobel Archives. http://www.webenglishteacher.com/wiesel.html

Elie Wiesel, Night Night Biography and Background Night Facing History and Ourselves: Night This page offers suggested related readings and a link to an extensive teaching guide. The guide requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Holocaust: The Heart of Intolerance Integrates social studies, language arts, and math. Uses Night by Elie Wiesel, Schindler's List The Eye of the Storm , and The Wave Holocaust Project This multigenre project asks students to investigate the Holocaust. Includes assessment. Holocaust Remembrance Day Assignments 10 suggestions for middle and high school students. The Human Story: A Webquest Students explore the Holocaust and other acts of genocide. They present their findings in an informational speech. Night Study guide. No questions, just an overview, summary, and some character analysis. A good site for background information. Night Scroll down on the page to find a daily outline, vocabulary words, discussion questions, and a final project. These materials were designed by a classroom teacher. Night The five activities in this SCORE CyberGuide encourage students to understand the causes of the Holocaust and to investigate Wiesel's life.

59. Elie Wiesel elie wiesel. (1928 ). By Shira Schoenberg. elie (eliezer) wieselis a novelist, journalist and nobel Prize winner. He was born an http://www.jsource.org/jsource/biography/Wiesel.html

Elie Wiesel By Shira Schoenberg Elie (Eliezer) Wiesel is a novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize winner. He was born an Orthodox Jew in Rumania, survived the concentration camps and wrote about his experiences. He became a spokesman for survivors and dedicated his life to recording the horrors of the Holocaust and helping victims of oppression and racism. Wiesel was born in Sighet, a Rumanian shtetl , on September 30, 1928. His parents, Shlomo and Sarah, were Orthodox Jews who owned a grocery store. He had two older sisters, Hilda and Bea, and a younger sister, Tsiporah. When he was three years old, Wiesel began attending a Jewish school where he learned Hebrew, Bible , and eventually Talmud . His thinking was influenced by his maternal grandfather who was a prominent Hasid . He also spent time talking with Moshe, a caretaker in his synagogue who told Wiesel about the Messiah and other mysteries of Judaism In 1940, the Nazis turned Sighet over to

60. Elie Wiesel In 1986, elie wiesel was awarded the nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in improvingthe living conditions, and promoting the understanding and global http://www.neco.org/awards/recipients/e.wiesel.html

Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize recipient/author Romanian 1992 Recipient Born in the town of Sighet in northern Transylvania, near the Ukrainian border in 1928, Eliezer Wiesel grew up experiencing first-hand the horrors of the Holocaust. In 1944, Wiesel and his family were transported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland during World War II. There, Elie's mother and youngest sister, Tzipora, died in the gas chambers. The following year, after he and his father were transferred to Buchenwald, the senior Wiesel died from starvation and dysentery. Elie did not learn that his two older sisters were alive until after the war. In 1945, at the end of the war, Wiesel moved to Paris, where he studied literature, philosophy, and psychology at the Sorbonne. With a strong desire to write, Mr. Wiesel worked as a journalist in Paris before coming to the United States in 1956. He became an American citizen almost by accident. After coming to New York City on assignment, he was hit by a taxicab, and confined to a wheelchair for a year. A friend convinced him to apply for U.S. citizenship, and he eventually decided to remain in America. Credited by many as being the first person to use the term "holocaust," Mr. Wiesel published his first novel in 1956. Un di Velt Hot Geshvign (And the World Has Remained Silent) was the first of a series of books Wiesel would write about his experiences at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Although his works were ultimately successful, Elie Wiesel met with initial skepticism. "The holocaust was not something people wanted to know about in those days," he reported in an interview with Time magazine. "The diary of Anne Frank was about as far as anyone wanted to venture into the dark."

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