Hope, Despair and Memory: Resources

Websites

Elie Wiesel Foundation Twitter

The organization for human rights he founded still operates strong in his memory, and you can keep track of it online here.

Foundation For Humanity

Check out Wiesel's foundation: it's not called the Foundation For Humanity for nothing.

Nobel For a Noble Guy

Want Wiesel's bio, Nobel-style? It's all here.

Movie or TV Productions

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the "Final Solution"

This documentary from the BBC goes deep into the history of the Holocaust, complete with interviews from its survivors. You might want to watch this one with tissues on hand.

Schindler's List

For a more Hollywood take on the Holocaust, try Steven Spielberg's classic film. We also have a learning guide for it on hand, in case you want to dig that much deeper.

Long Night's Journey into Day

Apartheid in South Africa was finally toppled, but the process of rebuilding wasn't an easy one. This 2000 documentary chronicles that journey.

Articles and Interviews

1996 Academy of Achievement Interview

Elie Wiesel answers a lot of questions about his life, particularly about what he did after the concentration camps were behind him.

Oprah Interview

This print interview ran in O Magazine in 2000. The two of them talk about the human experience in light of so much tragedy.

2004 Nobel Interview

In 2004, Professor Georg Klein sat down with Elie Wiesel to discuss the legacy of his 1986 Peace Prize and the psychological urges behind the history.

Video

Oprah Interviews Elie Wiesel

And you get an interview! And you get an interview! Oprah and Elie Wiesel jam about his memoir, Night.

We Day Speech

One of Elie Wiesel's last speeches. In this one, he talks about the faith that he has in the next generation to shake things up for the better. Go us!

Images

Elie Wiesel in Buchenwald

Elie Wiesel's in this group shot of concentration camp prisoners in Buchenwald, in the second row, seventh from the left.

Wiesel with Obama

What a team.