Elie Wiesel

Wagner, Heather Lehr

ISBN 10: 0791092208 ISBN 13: 9780791092200

Casa editrice: Chelsea House Pub, 2006

Riassunto

A unique series profiles key recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize and the work they were doing when they received the award, revealing how each Prize winner helped broker peace between hostile parties around the world.

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World-renowned writer, teacher, activist, and Chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. According to the Nobel Committee, "Elie Wiesel, with his message and through his practical work in the cause of peace, is a convincing spokesman for the view of mankind and for the unlimited humanitarianism which are at all times necessary for a lasting and just peace." This compelling "Modern Peacemakers" profile will help students learn why Wiesel "swore never to be silent whenever, human beings endure suffering and humiliation." Born in Romania in 1928, Wiesel and his family were deported to Nazi death camps when he was 15 years old. His mother and younger sister were soon killed; his father died in his arms. Wiesel was liberated by Allied troops and sent to a French orphanage, where he was reunited with two surviving older sisters. He resumed his studies and became a journalist and author. He is now an American citizen. Wiesel's haunting memoir, "Night", is a September 2006 Oprah Book Club selection.

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• Editore: Chelsea House Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0791092208
• ISBN 13: 9780791092200
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura all'americana
• Numero di pagine: 112