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Wiesel was born in [[Sighet]], [[Romania]]. Sighet became part of [[Hungary]] in [[1940]], and in [[1944]] the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] deported the Hungarian Jews to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz-Birkenau]]. His mother and a sister were murdered there; he and his father were sent to the attached work camp Auschwitz III Monowitz. In January [[1945]], the two were marched to [[Buchenwald]], where his father died. |
Wiesel was born in [[Sighet]], [[Romania]]. Sighet became part of [[Hungary]] in [[1940]], and in [[1944]] the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] deported the Hungarian Jews to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz-Birkenau]]. His mother and a sister were murdered there; he and his father were sent to the attached work camp Auschwitz III Monowitz. In January [[1945]], the two were marched to [[Buchenwald]], where his father died. |
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After the war, he first lived in [[France]], where, with the encouragement of [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] [[Francois Mauriac]], he wrote about his Holocaust experiences |
After the war, he first lived in [[France]], where, with the encouragement of [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] [[Francois Mauriac]], he wrote about his Holocaust experiences in <i>[[Night (book)|Night]]</i>, probably his most famous work. He later settled in the [[United States]], becoming citizen in 1963. He served as chairman for the Presidential Commission on the Holocaust (later renamed [[U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council]]) from 1978 to 1986, and is now a professor of humanities at Boston University. |
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He received the [[Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement]] in 1985 and the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1986. He published his memoirs in 1995. |
He has now authored over 40 works of fiction and non-fiction. He received the [[Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement]] in 1985 and the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1986. He published his memoirs in 1995. |
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=== Criticism === |
=== Criticism === |
Revision as of 20:07, 11 April 2004
Eliezer Wiesel (born September 30, 1928) is a Hungarian Jew and Holocaust survivor who has written several books about his experiences. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.
Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania. Sighet became part of Hungary in 1940, and in 1944 the Nazis deported the Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau. His mother and a sister were murdered there; he and his father were sent to the attached work camp Auschwitz III Monowitz. In January 1945, the two were marched to Buchenwald, where his father died.
After the war, he first lived in France, where, with the encouragement of Nobel laureate Francois Mauriac, he wrote about his Holocaust experiences in Night, probably his most famous work. He later settled in the United States, becoming citizen in 1963. He served as chairman for the Presidential Commission on the Holocaust (later renamed U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council) from 1978 to 1986, and is now a professor of humanities at Boston University.
He has now authored over 40 works of fiction and non-fiction. He received the Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement in 1985 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. He published his memoirs in 1995.
Criticism
Some criticism is based on the creation of a so-called Holocaust industry around the Holocaust myth. Also, Noam Chomsky named him "a terrible fraud" because although he militated "against the silence" about Holocaust and he decries terrorism, he remains silent on Palestinian issues and for working for the terrorist organization Irgun between 1947 and 1949.
Some of Elie Wiesel's more famous works include: