Eliezer Wiesel is a Romania-born American novelist, political activist, and Holocaust survivor of Hungarian Jewish descent. He is the author of over 40 books, the best known of which is Night, a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps.
Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. On November 30, 2006 Wiesel received an honorary knighthood in London, England in recognition of his work toward raising Holocaust education in the United Kingdom.
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Fiction, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jews, Biography, French Authors, Holocaust survivors, History, Jewish authors, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), French language materials, Hasidism, Persecutions, Personal narratives, American Authors, French fiction, Holocaust, Interviews, Judaism, Modern Literature, Wiesel, elie, 1928-2016, World War, 1939-1945, Authors, french, Bible, Ethnic relations, Fiction, generalPlaces
Jerusalem, Romania, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Buna, Eastern Germany, Europe, Galacia, Gleiwitz, Hungary, Kolomay, Monowitz, Nazi Germany, Poland, Sighet, Sighet (Romania), Soviet Union, Weimar, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Europe, Germany, Transylvania (Romania), United StatesPeople
Elie Wiesel (1928-), Allies, Beatrice Wiesel, Chlomo Wiesel, Elie Wiesel, Gestapo, God, Hilda Wiesel, Moshe the Beadle, SS, Sixth Armored Division, Tzipora Wiesel, Baruch ben Jehiel of Medzibezh (1757-1810), Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), French Authors, Jacob Isaac ha-Ḥozeh, mi-Lublin (1745-1815), John Joseph O'Connor (1920-), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (ca. 1525-1609), Naftali Tsevi Horoṿits (1760-1827), Phinehas ben Abraham Abba Shapiro (d. 1791), Solomon King of Israel, Wiesel, Élie (1928-2016)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL20891A
- ISNI: 000000008405660X
- VIAF: 108176447
- Wikidata: Q18391
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q18391
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- ELIE WIESEL
- Wiesel Elie
- Élie Wiesel
- Élie Wiesel
- E. Wiesel
- Eliezer Wiesel
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