To a Young Jew in Soviet Russia

Elie Wiesel

1977

Things have changed since we last met. Some of your friends have already reached their homeland; others are soon to follow. Once opened, the gates will not shut again. Nothing will ever be the same as before, either in Russia or outside Russia. We have all changed.

I remember that night in the autumn of 1965 when I first saw you, you and your…

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Elie Wiesel

1928–2016
Elie Wiesel was born in Romania and moved to the United States in 1956. Wiesel’s most famous work, Night, describes his experiences as an inmate of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. Wiesel taught at Boston University and was active in establishing the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. He was an advocate for Jewish causes and a voice for the victims of oppression. In 1986, Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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