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Eliezer Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928. Wiezel was born in Sighet, [[Romania]], and deported to a [[Nazi]] concentration camp in [[1944]] (Wiesel survived [[Auschwitz]], Buna, Buchenwald and Gleiwitz). His most famous work is probably <i>Night</i> although he has been quite prolific, producing 36 works. He served as chairman for the Presidential Commission on the Holocaust (later renamed [[U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council]]) from 1978 to 1986. He |
Eliezer Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928. Wiezel was born in Sighet, [[Romania]], and deported to a [[Nazi]] concentration camp in [[1944]] (Wiesel survived [[Auschwitz]], Buna, Buchenwald and Gleiwitz). His most famous work is probably <i>Night</i> although he has been quite prolific, producing 36 works. He served as chairman for the Presidential Commission on the Holocaust (later renamed [[U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council]]) from 1978 to 1986. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 and recieved the Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement in 1985. He published his memoirs in 1995. |
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Eliezer Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928. Wiezel was born in Sighet, Romania, and deported to a Nazi concentration camp in 1944 (Wiesel survived Auschwitz, Buna, Buchenwald and Gleiwitz). His most famous work is probably Night although he has been quite prolific, producing 36 works. He served as chairman for the Presidential Commission on the Holocaust (later renamed U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council) from 1978 to 1986. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 and recieved the Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement in 1985. He published his memoirs in 1995.