RIP Elie Wiesel

[ori]

Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, prolific author and outspoken activist Elie Wiesel died Saturday at the age of 87. Wiesel was perhaps best known for his major role in promoting Holocaust education, and for perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust in the post-World War II era with his memoir “Night,” based on his experience as a teenager in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.575072

Sad to see this - may he rest in peace.

 

[Mouthwash]

Suffering, [Wiesel] once observed, “gives man no privileges; it all depends on what he does with it. If he uses his suffering against man, he betrays it; if he uses it to fight evil and humanize destiny, then he elevates it and elevates himself.”

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-new...e-wiesel-a-tribute-from-a-friend-and-disciple

 

[Leifmk]

Enough already, 2016.

 

[abradley]

RIP

The hell they went thru.

Men, women, and children.

 

[Cutlass]

RIP.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Another name on the list of "People Who Died This Year Who I Thought Died in the 1980s". I thought he committed suicide, but that must have been Primo Levi.

 

[Agent327]

Quite. Wiesel was repeatedly in the news after the 1980s. Unlike Levi, he basically only wrote one book. Also, Wiesel didn't appear to be depressive; far from it.

May he rest in peace.