| | [[File:Elie_Wiesel.jpg|right|thumb|Elie Wiesel, 2006]] | | [[File:Elie_Wiesel.jpg|right|thumb|Elie Wiesel, 2006]] |
| − | '''Eliezer Wiesel''' (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016), commonly known as '''Elie Wiesel''', was born in [[Romania]]. Wiesel is the [[author]] of 36 [[book]]s dealing with [[Judaism]], the [[Holocaust]], and the [[moral]] [[responsibility]] of all people to fight [[hatred]], [[racism]] and [[genocide]]. He survived being in the most dreaded of the [[concentration camp]]s; [[Auschwitz]], Buna, [[Buchenwald]] and Gleiwitz. After the liberation of the camps in April 1945, Wiesel spent a few years in a [[French]] orphanage and in 1948 was admitted and began to study at the Sorbonne. | + | '''Eliezer Wiesel''' (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016), commonly known as '''Elie Wiesel''', was born in [[Romania]]. Wiesel is the [[author]] of 36 [[book]]s dealing with [[Judaism]], the [[Holocaust]], and the [[moral]] [[responsibility]] of all people to fight [[hatred]], [[racism]] and [[genocide]]. He survived being in the most dreaded of the [[concentration camp]]s; [[Auschwitz]], Buna, [[Buchenwald]] and Gleiwitz. After the liberation of the camps in April 1945, Wiesel spent a few years in a [[French]] orphanage and in 1948 was admitted and began to study at the Sorbonne. He received the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1986 for his various humanitarian works. |
| − | He received the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1986 for his various humanitarian works.
| + | Immediately after his death, [[Leftist]] activists including [[Max Blumenthal]] took to social media to castigate the Holocaust survivor over his support for [[Israel]].<ref>July 3, 2016. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-death-critics-attack-wiesel-legacy-over-israel-support/ After death, critics attack Wiesel legacy over Israel support]. ''The Times of Israel''. Retrieved October 8, 2023.</ref> |