Elie Wiesel dies at 87

[AnemicOak]

Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz Survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 87

Elie Wiesel, the Auschwitz survivor who became an eloquent witness for the six million Jews slaughtered in World War II and who, more than anyone else, seared the memory of the Holocaust on the world’s conscience, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 87.

Mr. Wiesel first gained attention in 1960 with the English translation of “Night,” his autobiographical account of the horrors he witnessed in the camps as a teenage boy. He wrote of how he had been plagued by guilt for having survived while millions died, and tormented by doubts about a God who would allow such slaughter.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/wo...t-87.html?_r=0

[crich70]

At least now he is at peace.

[Phogg]

A brilliant writer, whose books I read as a boy. I also like the works of Simon Wiesenthal.