Elie Wiesel
Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of Night

Elie Wiesel

Wiesel was deported with his family to Auschwitz from Transylvania at age 15 and received the 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace for his advocacy for oppressed peoples.

Archive: Elie Wiesel

Torture is Always Wrong

Torture is always wrong, because the tortured person dies more than once.

By Elie Wiesel | April 30, 2009; 01:23 PM ET | Comments (6)

Best Not to Dignify Holocaust Deniers

We are not to dignify any Holocaust denier.

By Elie Wiesel | February 6, 2009; 06:33 AM ET | Comments (367)

Benedict Should Reject Pius

Sally Quinn asked: "What can Pope Benedict XVI say and do to repair the growing rifts between the Vatican, the clergy and the laity in America?" My response: He could tell the Vatican to abandon efforts to confer sainthood on...

By Elie Wiesel | April 17, 2008; 04:00 PM ET | Comments (69)

I Believe in Doubt

I favor doubt. I believe in doubt. I even believe that doubt itself must be doubted....

By Elie Wiesel | September 2, 2007; 12:11 PM ET | Comments (712)

"Thou Shall Not Stand By"

Leviticus 19:16: “Thou shall not stand by.” It expresses the need to intervene on behalf of those in danger or need – in other words: we must never be indifferent....

By Elie Wiesel | August 17, 2007; 08:40 AM ET | Comments (42)

Not With Fanatics

The fanatic does not believe in dialogue; I do. How then is conversation between us possible?...

By Elie Wiesel | November 15, 2006; 03:00 PM ET | Comments (67)

 
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