Elie Wiesel's literary work prompted one reviewer ... and an important leader in the Jewish community of Sighet. The mother, too, possessed a warm Hasidic piety and was a cultivated woman.

Wiesel’s mother and youngest sister died at Auschwitz ... 1944 – The Wiesel family is sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, when Elie is 15. January 1945 – Is moved with his father ...

Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in ... The following year, Wiesel's entire family, his mother, father and his three sisters, were transported with him to Poland.

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The son of the late Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel son excoriated the rhetoric and policies associated with President-elect Donald Trump, but also cautioned Americans to respect ...

New documentary on Holocaust survivor "Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire" to be shown at Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest.

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel arrives with wife ... wrote on social media Monday, confirming his mother’s passing. Born Mary Renate Erster in Vienna in 1931, Wiesel fled with her mother ...

Here is a look at the life of Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel. Personal Birth date: September 30, 1928 Death date: July 2, 2016 Birth place: Sighet, Transylvania (now Romania) Birth name: ...