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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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To: Alas Babylon!

May this great man rest in peace, may his family be comforted by his great accomplishments, and may people learn from him how to treat their fellow man.

His political views were not mine, not by a long shot, but those differ from his deeds.


21 posted on 07/02/2016 5:00:15 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Alas Babylon!

A true scholar and courageous man who survived the horror of the Holocaust. May his words live on and others learn from his writings. RIP.


22 posted on 07/02/2016 6:48:01 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Alas Babylon!

I read that as part of a “Philosophy of Evil” course I took in college. Needed to squeeze a few credits in between semesters. In the three-week course we had to read a book every two or three days. That one stuck out in my mind all these years. Another one was “Kristus och Judas” about the necessity of Judas’ role in leading to Christ’s redemption. Somewhat similar argument as in Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy.


23 posted on 07/02/2016 7:14:14 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Requiescet in pacem. Mr. Wiesel and I met at a school event in Berkeley in 1995. He was very humble, cheerful and talkative. He seemed interested in the work of the students.


24 posted on 07/02/2016 7:36:53 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: Alas Babylon!

Requiescet in pacem. Mr. Wiesel and I met at a school event in Berkeley in 1995. He was very humble, cheerful and talkative. He seemed interested in the work of the students.


25 posted on 07/02/2016 7:36:53 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: Ancesthntr
May this great man rest in peace, may his family be comforted by his great accomplishments, and may people learn from him how to treat their fellow man.

Amen.

26 posted on 07/02/2016 8:39:23 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: rlmorel

Irony never ceases to amaze me. Put into a concentration camp by the Left the man one day becomes a Leftist.


27 posted on 07/02/2016 8:41:10 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Book ‘Night’ is fiction.
Schindler’s List is fiction.
Annie Frank diary was allegedly penned by a relative.

Out of respect for the Jews who died horrifically, my preference still is the true accounts.


28 posted on 07/02/2016 8:53:51 PM PDT by TheNext (Hillary Hurts Children & Women)
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To: Alas Babylon!

RIP, Elie Wiesel.


29 posted on 07/02/2016 10:39:05 PM PDT by Gator113 ( Go Trump, Go! Just livin' life my way. Don't worry, everything's gonna be alright. 👍 &#1)
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To: P.O.E.

I agree. “Night” rocked my world.


30 posted on 07/02/2016 10:49:36 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Alas Babylon!.

31 posted on 07/03/2016 8:43:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

There’s two versions... I’m reading the translation by his wife - it’s closer to the original.


32 posted on 07/03/2016 11:13:34 AM PDT by GOPJ (If the U.S. had treated EACH German SS as a 'lone wolf' would we have lost World War II?)
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To: Alas Babylon!

May his memory be a blessing


33 posted on 07/04/2016 8:33:44 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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