An Evening with Elie Wiesel

Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom and the rank of Grand Officer in the French Legion of Honor, Elie Wiesel is the author of more than 40 books. Using his talents as a teacher and storyteller, Wiesel defends human rights and promotes peace throughout the world. Series: Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies [8/2002] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 6716]

[@aliengrl047]

and i was lucky enough to get to talk to elie. I won a contest when he came to our school and i got to have dinner with him in our cafeteria. That was something i will never forget.

[@shiver8082]

Hi from 10 years later!

[@cheese794]

Hi from 11 years later!

[@Villa_San]

Ok I Guess Your Lucky

[@richarddetlaff-gc3kk]

Did he show you his tattoo?????there was speculation from another survivor (miklos guner???) That the number that Elie says he has tattoo on his arm actually belongs to someone else....

[@TruthDissident]

​@richarddetlaff-gc3kk Yeah that was a lie. Just like the story about babies was a lie as well.

[@hhhbiggestfan305]

I read Night in my Language Arts class and all i have to say is this man is a warrior.He had the will to live through the holocaust.I respect this man so much.

[@joespaghetti9]

@@deakanutz ok

[@uncatila]

"Every Jew somewhere in his being should set up a zone of hate, healthy veril hate for what the German personifies and what persists in the German" page 177 'legends of our time' Elie Visel. Can we trust pervayors of HATE pushing to controle our free speech?

[@TruthDissident]

​@@steviewaxEllie is a hateful jew. Most of the stories in 'Night' are absolutely bogus and aren't verified at all. He used to claim he had a tattoo from Auschwitz and yet we've never seen anything.

[@BhaskarGanguly]

If you think you are tough, try reading Night in a single seating, in a silent room with dim lights. This book is more terrifying than the most terrifying horror novels ever written. RIP to all departed souls in holocaust and also to Mr. Elie Wiesel

[@TruthDissident]

Ellie is a fucking liar. Imagine believing that BS.

[@LfurvnQ]

Our school was fortunate enough to have him as a visitor and speak to us about his experience.I'll never forget it.

[@deakanutz]

He a fraud

[@chummiescatcat8696]

@@deakanutz you need to study grammar. You sound very uneducated! Now who’s the fraud!!!!

[@djharto4917]

The weasel is

[@TruthDissident]

​@@deakanutzThis. Wiesel is a weasel.

[@sarahl9398]

I met him in 2001 during a school program. It was heartbreaking when he broke down telling his story, no doubt for the billionth time.

[@chummiescatcat8696]

Has to be said

[@djharto4917]

And you believed it!

[@TruthDissident]

Elie was a great fiction writer!

[@henryhandesign]

Look at this guy! He is so honest and humble! He does not show any signs of arrogance! How can such a person lie about such a significant event!

[@moonlit7273]

I just recently finished the book and he is really strong for enduring such a horrifying experience

[@TruthDissident]

He lied

[@bnkundwa]

Elie Wiesel is a unique testimony. We live our memories within ourselves.

[@TruthDissident]

He lied

[@eliyahucortezlevy7094]

Blessed Memory. A great mind , and humanitarian . What a great example of a man of God to us all Rest In Peace.

[@billscannell93]

If you were to read the comments section without watching the video, you would walk away sad and embarrassed to be a member of the species. What strange and disgusting creatures must be hiding under rocks out there, tapping away behind their computer screens. It makes you all the more grateful for intelligent, strong, inspiring people like Elie Wiesel.

[@uncatila]

"Every Jew somewhere in his being should set up a zone of hate, healthy veril hate for what the German personifies and what persists in the German" page 177 'legends of our time' Elie Visel. Can we trust pervayors of HATE pushing to controle our free speech?

[@billscannell93]

@@uncatila I'd imagine if someone murdered your whole family and tried to wipe you from the face of the earth, you wouldn't be their biggest fan either. Something went terribly wrong in that country at that time, and whatever it was, was despicable. Genocide is a hateful thing...

[@uncatila]

@@billscannell93 I'm so happy that there was only one officialy recognised genocide in WW2. Wow out of 70,000,000 people only one official genocide. And the great thing is I can print and advocate hate towards Germans in any country in the world without going to prison without fearing prison or having to pay reperations to the German state. Now Poland has to pay Isreal 300, billion to Isreal. I'm loving it gosh. I wish I had a Jewish mother.

[@deucedecker4903]

@@uncatila Give up trying to fathom any of it. You're not capable of understanding any of this. Don't lose that Iranian pasport, or your nazi uniform.

[@TruthDissident]

Wiesel was a liar and a Zionist who had nothing but contempt for Palestinians. Imagine defending a coward like Elie...

[@schin98]

Thank you peterz98 and gusswilliams. When I read your posts it reminds me that anti-semitism is not dead and keeps creeping back. It gives me the urge to donate money to Israeli charities, which I will do tonight, because of you. Thanks again!

[@uncatila]

"Every Jew somewhere in his being should set up a zone of hate, healthy veril hate for what the German personifies and what persists in the German" page 177 'legends of our time' Elie Visel. Can we trust pervayors of HATE pushing to controle our free speech?

[@erectilereptile7383]

KZbin deletes my replies..... what an actual bitch

[@holocaustchampion9978]

these are people who have nothing better to do than talk negatively about a man who has dedicated his life to peace enough said

[@j.montcliff377]

If he were a liar, don't you think that should be brought to light?

[@holocaustchampion9978]

@@j.montcliff377 But he wasn't.

[@j.montcliff377]

@@holocaustchampion9978 You believe the Nazis dumped a truckload of live babies into a fire pit - as Elie claimed he witnessed? LMFFAO!

[@holocaustchampion9978]

@@j.montcliff377 Yeah. I do. You see, when the gas chambers and crematorium couldn't keep up with the rate of killing, the Nazis would use open pits and throw their victims in alive.

[@djharto4917]

He is a liar and a fraud. He has been caught out numerous times. He has the unique distinction of being liberated from not one but two “Nazi concentration” camps. I suppose you also believe Irene zisblatt?

[@mikeyelliot3650]

These comments make me extremely sad. Questioning this man who has been through so much? Disgusting. You want proof, look at the thousands of images from museums, read the hundreds of testimonies from survivors, look at the still standing death camps. What this man went through was all too real and to doubt him is purely disgusting.

[@Ee-ki4pz]

you guys are fucking sad

[@uncatila]

"Every Jew somewhere in his being should set up a zone of hate, healthy veril hate for what the German personifies and what persists in the German" page 177 'legends of our time' Elie Visel. Can we trust pervayors of HATE SPEECH pushing to controle our free speech?

[@deucedecker4903]

The little nazis like these need to be called out for their malignant ignorance and a hatred that is at the same time extreme but intellectually passive. Zombies.

[@djang0ja22]

What a wonderful man.

[@Yehuda886]

Enough will forget. Enough will choose to be indifferent. Enough will stay silent. Yet, despite the tragic reality, Eli Weisel was proof that the righteous and the innocent will perservere and outlast the ravages of malice and hate.

[@lizgichora6472]

Honourable Excellence! We Keep Striving and burning the Candle for HUMANITY! You've paved way for us all in hope to seek within and never giving up. Grateful!...💜

[@hokiehoorah]

This man exudes peace when he speaks- saw him when he came to Virginia Tech. And all you people saying he is a fraud- you are ignorant at best.

[@uncatila]

"Every Jew somewhere in his being should set up a zone of hate, healthy veril hate for what the German personifies and what persists in the German" page 177 'legends of our time' Elie Visel. Can we trust pervayors of HATE pushing to controle our free speech?

[@aliengrl047]

i do know it for a fact. and he's not selling himself he's sharing what happened. he came for free he's a nice man, not a greedy one

[@ej0080]

night is an awesome book

[@CipherMind117]

Of course they were shocked. Maybe he's not a historian, but he has more life experience than ANYONE on the planet because he has truly seen the worst of humanity.

[@unicornprincess8896]

I read his book called night. Very sad time in history

[@Holocaustof6000000]

ALWAYS to REMEMBER, NEVER to FORGET

[@Holocaustof6000000]

History today cannot inflict itself upon The Holocaust! All we can hope to do is learn from the past the lesson of Tolerance in order that the Intolerant Today are corrected and Indifference in the future is shown a way to care!

[@Holocaustof6000000]

Let me state the obvious zac! You are neither intelligent not credible!!

[@Holocaustof6000000]

How the inarticulate clearly inarticulate their hatred of the Jewish People! BTY! The quotient you speak of has been lifted above your innumerate level!

[@Holocaustof6000000]

Still trying to find some form of credibility? Read a few of the very worthy Holocaust Survivor Books and come back to me! You might have something relevant to say!

[@Holocaustof6000000]

So sad! No credibility will shine a light upon your ignorance and hatred!

[@holocaustchampion9978]

a true living legend

[@holocaustchampion9978]

@@uncatila You realize what they did to him? Besides, he changed as he got older.

[@uncatila]

@@holocaustchampion9978 so it's not wrong to publish hate if you had a bad experience. This is not isolated only to him.

[@holocaustchampion9978]

@@uncatila He never expressed hatred for Germans. Only the Nazis. You're just looking for an excuse to hate him.

[@holocaustchampion9978]

@@uncatila Would you forgive so easily?

[@tees5983]

@@uncatila hate? These survivors haven’t forgiven GOD, and you want them to forgive a world that literally left them to die? Yeah youre the problem.

[@AphelionSol]

how stupid can you be people,to argue on a video.this man went trough lots of things,no mater what he is in present,we must not forget what happened in the past.this man fought for his life and for his HUMAN rights,and succedeed.so what is your problem?great respect for Elie Wiesel for his will to live and share the horrors that men can make.I live 500 m from the house where he lived in Sighet,Romania.I have a great respect for this wise man

[@tjmthl]

really a wonderful mind, great thinker

[@cassandra1353]

Elie you are an amazing man

[@CipherMind117]

he lived through the holocaust, he was starved and beaten, watching babies be burned. Regardless of what you say, he did live through the worst atrocity in modern history.

[@K6III450MHZ]

Very good talk

[@billyandgeorgie1508]

i would like to meet the gentleman.....his book is tremendous

[@RadioactiveScarecrow]

If so many people in these comments dislike Elie Wiesel so much then why would you even bother wasting your time to click on this video and write this shit down? Hate comments like that make no sense to me.

[@woodysanimations]

this guy probably is most experienced and i beleive he's been through alot

[@rg5628]

...terribly great audiobook 😢

[@KJ01O1]

what do you mean evil? i think he has a very soothing, mellow voice. i could just sit here and listen to it. :)

[@AphelionSol]

in this video speaks about the human indiference...if everyone could sit for 5 seconds and think about it...

[@jc6594]

Today Commemorates Elie Wiesel's 90th Birthday~

[@artehaleychoke]

@webaroos whered u hear that

[@osiris_blanche]

It's sad when Elie asked, "Why help took so long" , was he asking help from Europe or America or all? Did he not read up on the war outside of Auschwitz? France and Italy was on it's knees, Britain was on a knife's edge. True, Americans didn't want to get involved, but after 1941 - it took a year to prepare and organize the invasion. Does Elie know HOW HARD IT WAS to finally end the war? And again, NO ONE believed Nazi Germany committed heinous atrocities until it was all over. Sad, but the blame felt shameful.

[@mjferroy93]

@ost324 THANK YOU!

[@billyandgeorgie1508]

at least they survived... when reading these accounts you must try to put yourself in the position that some of these people were in..remember you were living the ultimate nightmare 24 hrs a day.believe me that thought would have entered his mind many times a day...,.

[@ost324]

ok... so to all of the conspiracy theorists who are on here bashing Elie Wiesel- even if all of your theories are true- does promoting human rights and peace make him a bad person?

[@user-sv2pk4ib8u]

Humble

[@mgoeldi2007]

cant cope with the idea that it is true ?- what answer do have now ?

[@Kiralila]

you're absolutely right yet i think he's more well known because, well, the others didn't try to get out and tell their stories if you know what i mean... (most are probably too horrified. it takes guts for him to tell the world about what happened.) the others could also get out and write a book. except that i think with Wiesel's story already out there... it'll be pretty hard and maybe repetitive.

[@danman7884]

He books for somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000 according to his agency. I have seen him though, and he gives a great lecture. Also, I imagine at least part of his earnings goes to the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity.

[@Qwian0]

hmmm good point

[@TrenchcoatNinja3]

@hugeSLIPKNOTfan1 I just read it not too long ago. When his father died, i almost cried.

[@CipherMind117]

you know what kinner? you're absolutely right. thank you for correcting my overzealous exaggeratory speech. i should have thought about the suprerlatives i was using. sorry to all those who had to go through the holocaust to, and had to have me downplay their experience. (i'm being sincere btw)

[@imafairyprincess16]

@TrenchcoatNinja3 I did too. Its horrible that its such a great book, isn't it?

[@aliengrl047]

he came to our school for free...

[@TrenchcoatNinja3]

@hugeSLIPKNOTfan1 Yes, he still is. He is like 80 something

[@phil123711]

Change of mind. Must be the cough mixture I had through that period of illness.

[@Livio44]

why?

[@Bieszczady73]

Where is Wiesel's famous tattoo? Jerzy

[@j.j5454]

Why dont you ask him, or another survivor when you meet them??

[@BeenieBomb]

Please explain, some people are saying that without proof, like you. How is he a fraud?

[@BeenieBomb]

Yes yes but let me ask you a question. umad?

[@stevehauk]

Hey something we agree on.

[@m0nstr0us]

i dont think it is that he has the most experiance i think it is that he came out more or less sane i think

[@holocaustchampion9978]

I have asked myself that questions many times

[@Bieszczady73]

Correct. Jerzy

[@djharto4917]

$50000 help ease the pain! The only man to get liberated from TWO not one but TWO CONCENTRATION CAMPS! Wow he puts Irene zisblatts crap too shame

[@CipherMind117]

those who refused had to watch their family (if they have any left) be tortured, and be tortured with them, then watch them die first, and then be killed in a horrible painful way, usually gassing or hanging. They had no choice.

[@Qwian0]

u guys r finding every little thing he missed or left out or is questionable...thts jus terrible

[@Bieszczady73]

" it would be all over the news.."Who owns the mass media? Jerzy

[@Kinner]

Don't get me wrong, he did go through one of the worst possible fates there is to man.. But he is not the only survivor, there may even be people who experienced a much more disgusting time in a Concentration camp and still lived. It is not right to say that he has the most experience.

[@tolteca9549]

Where is his tattoo A7713? Disappeared?

[@billyandgeorgie1508]

i will check out your site and i can agree with you on certain issues especially stalin...i am also disgusted that the usa dropped the bomb on hiroshima/nagasaki killing all those innocent children...sickens me to the core but then again look what the SS did to the women & children and hitlers einsatzgruppen???? unbelievable atrocities....!!! the amount of people involved was staggering...

[@HuntForWaffles]

First of all, he stopped going to mass because he didn't want to be Catholic anymore as a teenager. Second, like I said, after he switch to being a Protestant Christian, he wished to enforce the religion on his Aryan empire.

[@RevolutionaryThinking]

@randy95023 I know sad!

[@carlo88moe]

wow, the introductory speaker is like reallllllyyy jewish, lol...like jon stewart's parody jew jewish....if he's not then he's an honorary one by merit of cadence....

[@Bieszczady73]

3 = ..almost 7 :) Jerzy

[@Qwian0]

wut does it make u wonder?

[@zobielamouche1]

there is no business like shoah business. btw, how much did wiesel get for this evening?

[@billyandgeorgie1508]

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS THAT WENT THROUGH HELL?? THEY DONT DEMAND $50,000..... many of them find it difficult to even talk about it but the ones who CAN talk of their experiences dont ask for a dime....they just tell how it was..

[@sonnycathey5091]

Gods people! It doesn't matter what is said about them,. God knows!

[@deakanutz]

The Synogogue of Satan? Nope

[@BeenieBomb]

Proof?

[@j.j5454]

Why not go to Poland and visit Auschwitz yourself!

[@RobstaST]

Elie Wiesel, show us your tattoo!!!

[@Bieszczady73]

ONE single proof which is not contradictory to the laws of science ,nature and common sense? You can start with "steam chambers" in Treblinka. Jerzy

[@aliengrl047]

but he came for free. no charge.

[@fireflames09]

@ioanpena Yea well these several of these pests survived, you try going years in concentration camp eating soup and bread only. Advise for you, hold on to something, because you might lose it.

[@folon23Hocine]

"Do us..." "We don't...." Who are "us" and "we"?Talk for yourself and NO telling the truth doesn't make me a racist. What are you actually doing is escaping the subject of Elie Wiesel.Period.

[@billyandgeorgie1508]

a little money as you say, YES...but not $50,000 a session....please

[@imafairyprincess16]

@petersz98 Or maybe its okay for them to defend themselves. Do some research before you spout off.

[@CrapAttack42]

What are you talking about? What basis do you have for denying the holocaust? Where are you pulling this nonsense from?

[@carlo88moe]

@TomDavid88 saying that he's simply an avaricious opportunist is abhorrently cynical...just disgusting, if thats ur opinion then i give up, how could u view humanity w such a cynical hue

[@johnevans1485]

A blow to big business.

[@Bieszczady73]

I'm waiting as well.Show me Wiesel famous tattoo. Jerzy

[@MikaTheAss]

Yo bro, send me some of those hallucinogens you're taking so I can get high like you.

[@folon23Hocine]

Voila mon frere: youtube le prix Nobel juif imposteur.

[@aliengrl047]

just saying he came to my school for free. so whatever

[@fireflames09]

@ioanpena So? maybe the nuclear war will do the job so just settle down

[@billyandgeorgie1508]

if that is the truth that elie wiesel charges $50,000 per speech, then i am stunned..... this is or should not be about personal gain but sharing the horror stories with those that are sympathetic towards this period of ww2 and to the suffering that the jewish people had to endure, not greed!!!! if i do find it to be correct, then all i can say is it is obscene and will for me personally cast some doubt in my mind especially after reading his book "night"...expenses yes, 50 grand....NO...!!!

[@j.j5454]

He never charged.

[@geoffreynhill2833]

EW at 10:45.

[@aliengrl047]

kiddo...find your facts. don't lie

[@OGThunderbird]

There's No Business Like Shoah business

[@Bieszczady73]

Dear Mrs Gromb. You said that Hitler would be proud of people like me. I'm not sure about Hitler but I';m sure Giordano Bruno will be proud of me.And that''s what counts. Jerzy Ulicki-Rek

[@mantle64]

How much did the Weasel get paid for this performance?

[@j.j5454]

Nothing!!

[@MrjackieG]

If I saw what he did you would not want to know about it. Elie would turn you into a liar. And a scam artist like he is.

[@BeenieBomb]

Your brother... And I'm supposed to believe that?

[@SuperPeterpig]

LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE - WHERE IS YOUR TATTOO ??? TO CHEAP TO PUT ON EVEN A FAKE ONE ???

[@j.j5454]

The tattoos were put on the wrist, so you cant see it through his coat, or shirt sleeves... But I would not expect a doubter to know something like that!!

[@confoundtheidols]

"An Evening With A Lying Weasel."