Elie Wiesel's literary work prompted one reviewer ... Precisely for this reason, the witness/storyteller/writer's work is disheartening. It so rarely accomplishes what it must accomplish.

Elie Wiesel ... so that he could read the works of contemporary writers. And at home in Sighet, which was close to the Hungarian border, Wiesel's family spoke mostly Yiddish, but also German ...

“Elie Wiesel was more than a revered writer,” WJC President Ronald Lauder ... They were forced to work for eight months before being transferred to a series of other concentration camps ...