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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, has died
Reuters ^ | 3 July 2016 | Bill Trott

Posted on 07/02/2016 2:33:54 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!

Activist and writer Elie Wiesel, the World War Two death camp survivor who won a Nobel Peace Prize for becoming the life-long voice of millions of Holocaust victims, has died, Israel's Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem said on Saturday.

Wiesel, a philosopher, speaker, playwright and professor who also campaigned for the tyrannized and forgotten around the world, was 87.

The Romanian-born Wiesel lived by the credo expressed in "Night," his landmark story of the Holocaust - "to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."

In awarding the Peace Prize in 1986, the Nobel Committee praised Wiesel as a "messenger to mankind" and "one of the most important spiritual leaders and guides in an age when violence, repression and racism continue to characterize the world."

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Sorry to see him go. A little bit Left, but a great survivor.
1 posted on 07/02/2016 2:33:54 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Alas Babylon!

RIP.

Reading his book “Night” was one of the most powerful experiences in literature.


2 posted on 07/02/2016 2:39:39 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: P.O.E.

Night. I need to read that.


3 posted on 07/02/2016 2:42:34 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Alas Babylon!

Eternal rest...


4 posted on 07/02/2016 2:44:19 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ ~~~~ Appeasing evil is cowardice.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Agreed. He was a leftie, but...someone goes though what he did, well...he gets to choose.

His writing of that book was his unforgettable contribution.


5 posted on 07/02/2016 2:47:24 PM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: Alas Babylon!

When I saw that he had passed, My immediate thought was that he was probably in his nineties. He was a great man for going after Eichmann and pursuing the other Nazi fugitives like Mengele.


6 posted on 07/02/2016 2:55:42 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: Alas Babylon!

He spoke at a Tea Party rally we attended.

Prayers up.


7 posted on 07/02/2016 2:56:44 PM PDT by jazminerose (oective)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Hero. Nothing else needs to be said.


8 posted on 07/02/2016 3:11:12 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Alas Babylon!

Die Gedanken Sind Frei

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHuSktaQRuE


9 posted on 07/02/2016 3:13:21 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: rlmorel

As a European his political leanings were very much in our direction.

As a human being, Simply his anecdotes can launch a thousand ships. I wish I heard more from him today, and as he got older. Opinions and philosophies from people like him are needed more now than ever, and their age is making them fewer than ever.


10 posted on 07/02/2016 3:26:02 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Alas Babylon!

Night should be required reading for all who love Liberty. He was a brave and honorable man. RIP


11 posted on 07/02/2016 3:31:19 PM PDT by FBRhawk (Pray with faith, act with courage, never surrender!)
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To: Alas Babylon!
R.I.P. to a very courageous and honorable man.

"Night" is a great book that you'll never forget. It's only 109 pages, so you can read it in one sitting. I haven't read it in over 20 years, so I'll probably read it tomorrow.

12 posted on 07/02/2016 3:38:58 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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To: Alas Babylon!

RIP to a good man.


13 posted on 07/02/2016 3:47:15 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Let us now try liberty.)
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To: Alas Babylon!
You really need to read the entire trilogy.

Night, Dawn and Day.

They are short books but I do not suggest reading them all in one sitting.

They are sort of like C.S. Lewis books. Read a bit and then chew what you read over for a bit.

14 posted on 07/02/2016 3:48:50 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: P.O.E.
Another good book to read is Maus. It's a graphic novel depiction of one man's experience of the holocaust. It is very disturbing.
15 posted on 07/02/2016 3:54:00 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cuckservative: a "conservative" willing to raise another country's ideology in his own country)
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To: Alas Babylon!

It’s been said that as soon as the killing ended, forgetting began.


16 posted on 07/02/2016 4:10:03 PM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Another great Wiesel novel is The Gates of the Forest.
17 posted on 07/02/2016 4:32:02 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Alas Babylon!

RIP, a great man.


18 posted on 07/02/2016 4:41:03 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Kartographer

Wow, that was beautiful.....


19 posted on 07/02/2016 4:49:04 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Hillary and whoever = one big bowl of stupid!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

RIP. I used to think the Holocaust the one event in modern human behavior that no one would dare to forget. That, I’m afraid, was impossibly naive.


20 posted on 07/02/2016 4:52:18 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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