Elie Wiesel: A Voice for Humanity

By Ellen Norman Stern

Book Overview

Few Holocaust survivors have gained the recognition and honor that Elie Wiesel has, as an author, journalist, and lecturer s peaking out on moral issues around the world. Wiesel was a young boy when he was taken to Auschwitz, and was among only 400 children who managed to survive the death camp. He has devoted his life since the war to battling injustice, and has been an ardent spokesman for Soviet Jews and for other moral causes. In 1985, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian achievements. In this JPS Young Biography, Ellen Norman Stern chronicles the remarkable life of Elie Wiesel.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827605749
• ISBN13: 9780827605749
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

This book is very well written; disturbing, but well done

As I wrote the index for this book, I'd find that I was wrapped up in the story so much that I was crying; I'd have to go back to re-read sections so I could index it. It's very disturbing, but very well written. I highly recommend it for all people, so we'll learn not to repeat these atrocities.