Elie Wiesel
Lucas Riley, Cuinn Godwin, Alexis Mora, Micala Dedmon
Facts
- Born September 30 1928
- Born in Sighet Romania
- January 1945 moved to concentration camp.
- April 11 1945 his camp was liberated
- 1956 publishes "Night"
- 1963 Became U.S citizen
- 1970 publishes "A Beggar in Jerusalem"
- 1972 publishes "The Night Trilogy"
- 1978 Appointed Chairmen at the presidents commission on the holocaust.
- 1986 awarded nobel peace prize
- 1987 Established Elie Wiesel foundation for Humanity
- 1995 publishes "Memoirs"
- 2006 awarded honorary knighthood from the British Empire
- 2006 Oprah interviewed Elie Wiesel
- February 1 2007 Confronted by a Holocaust denier
- February 25 2010 presents Wiesel with Nation Humanities medal
- Net Worth of $5 million