Elie Wiesel Classroom, first floor

This space supported by Ellyn Bye​

Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, and political activist. During World War II, he and his family were deported to concentration camps, where his parents and sister perished. Wiesel survived and was liberated from Buchenwald in 1945. He was taken to Paris, where he studied at the Sorbonne and worked as a journalist. In 1958, he published La Nuit (Night), a memoir of his experiences during the Holocaust.

Wiesel went on to author nearly thirty books and became a professor, lecturer, and human rights advocate. He was a driving force behind the creation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and his own experience of genocide drove him to speak out on behalf of oppressed people throughout the world. Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.