Elie Wiesel

Anti-Semitic Graffiti Scrawled on Childhood Home of Elie Wiesel in Romania

The act of vandalism occurred months after Romania’s Parliament passed a law in June to prevent and combat episodes of anti-Semitism.

Before Elie Wiesel Was a Hero to Germans, He Was Regarded as a Nuisance – or Worse

by Jacob S. Eder

Germany’s coming to terms with the Nazi past was a difficult, contradictory, and long-winded process, illustrated by its evolving attitude toward Wiesel.

Honoring Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust Witness Who Kept a Memory Alive

Five months after his death, Elie Wiesel’s family gathered at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday with prominent political figures to honor his contributions to Jewish history and memory.

It Is Important to Have Perspective on Elie Wiesel's Legacy

by Max Blumenthal

While Wiesel leveraged his literary talents to win sympathy for Jewish victims of genocide, he sought to limit the narratives of other groups subjected to industrial-level extermination.

Holocaust historian Elie Wiesel has died

More than anyone else, he seared the memory of the Holocaust on the world’s conscience.