Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, was born in the provincial town of Sighet, Romania on September 30, 1928. A Jewish community had existed there since 1640, when it sought ...

His foundation also lost millions. 1944 – The Wiesel family is sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, when Elie is 15. January 1945 – Is moved with his father to the Buchenwald concentration camp.

A principal ruled the quote violated the school’s policy on “neutrality” before allowing the posters back up the next day. (JTA) — A quote by the Nobel Prize-winning author and Holocaust ...

“The State of Israel and the Jewish People bitterly mourn the passing of Elie Wiesel,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Saturday. “Elie, the wordsmith, expressed ...