Elie Wiesel: "Life is a Quest"
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, writer, human rights activist and Nobel Laureate was one of the first to break the silence after the Holocaust.
Witnessing human degradation in the camps launched him on a life long quest of understanding and faith that influenced Jewish and Christian thinkers alike.
A prolific author, professor and human rights activist, Wiesel granted Rachael an exclusive interview in 1999 at the publication of his memoirs All Rivers Run to the Sea and The Sea is Always Full. Readings from his writings include Gates of the Forest.
- Elie Wiesel
- Born in Romania September 30 1928, survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps, Wiesel was a prolific author of 57 books, professor of the humanities at Boston University, and helped found the United States Holocaust memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. he was awarded the Nobel peace Prize in 1986 as a 'messenger to mankind' and many other awards, including the French Legion of Honour and US Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement.
- Dr Rachael Kohn
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