Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBEwas a Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth30 September 1928
CountryUnited States of America
believed listen witness
I always believed that to listen to a witness is to become a witness.
hates hating
Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone - and, ultimately, hating himself or herself.
society
In any society, fanatics who hate don't hate only me - they hate you, too. They hate everybody.
encourages helps neutrality
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
letter special touched
The letter was a very special letter, and it touched me, ... I said, 'How can I say no?'