Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and teacher of tolerance, is dead at 87
Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, died at age 87.
Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial and museum, confirmed July 2 that he died at his home in Manhattan.
As an author, playwright, professor, and speaker, Wiesel dedicated his life to the remembrance of the 6 million Jews and millions of gay and lesbian people, Roma, and others who perished in the Nazi death camps.
