Problem
Where can I see sights connected with Elie Wiesel?
Answer
1 USA Washington DC's US Holocaust Memorial Museum, which he founded.
2 Romania, his childhood home, now a museum, in Sighet, now called Sighet Marmatie.
3 Plaque in Sighet's railway station, renamed in September 2017, Gara Elie Wiesel.
4 Poland Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he was sent with his family amidst 15,000 other Jews, where his mother and younger sister died. His other two, older sisters survived.
5 Buchenwald, where his father died, and where Eli Wiesel was liberated by the US army.
6 Nobel Peace Prize - Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway, Peace Museum; also Stockholm, Sweden.
Story
Today there are 7,000 Jews in Romania. I had hoped to visit the museum in Romania, but I was with a group. I saw the lovely exterior of the synagogue in Brasov which is described in my other posts on Romania.
Romanian Language
As you can see from the word Gara for station, Romanian has many words similar to Italian and French.
He spoke several languages including Romanian, Yiddish, French and English. He wrote 57 books including Night which was about his time in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. He was on the Oprah Winfrey show and went with her to Auschwitz. Other well-known people he met, as you can see from photos, included US President Obama, and the Dalai Lama.
More Information
www.duolingo.com - learn Romanian for free on the internet on your computer, laptop or smart phone.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel
Romanian Tourist Board:
www.romaniatourism.com
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g608955-d3458082-Reviews-The_Elie_Wiesel_Memorial_House_The_Museum_of_the_Jewish_Culture_in_Maramures-Sigh.html
http://auschwitz.org/en/ (The Polish might pop up first. No flag of the Union Jack. The English translation is obtained by finding the word English across the top of the page.)
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g190479-d579345-Reviews-The_Nobel_Peace_Center-Oslo_Eastern_Norway.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g187426-d8590907-Reviews-Buchenwald_Memorial-Weimar_Thuringia.html
You Tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9PuCf9zmts (His family and his time in the camps.)
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=166354255 (No interesting gravestone but a good little summary of his life.)
http://time.com/4392279/elie-wiesel-dead-life-pictures-photos/ (Excellent series of pictures, shows amongst other illustrations:
The famous picture of Buchenwald you will probably recall, of emaciated men lying on three level of bunk beds - with a circle showing which is Elie Wiesel;
Elie Wiesel meeting one of the Russian liberators of Auschwitz, General Vasily Petrenko;
Elie Wiesel with President Bill Clinton at the dedication ceremony for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC;
Elie Wiesel being hugged by President Obama who presented Elie Wiesel with a medal.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. See my other posts on Romania and the Romanian language. Please share links to your favourite posts.
Where can I see sights connected with Elie Wiesel?
Synagogue in Sighet, by Vberger in Wikipedia.
Answer
1 USA Washington DC's US Holocaust Memorial Museum, which he founded.
2 Romania, his childhood home, now a museum, in Sighet, now called Sighet Marmatie.
3 Plaque in Sighet's railway station, renamed in September 2017, Gara Elie Wiesel.
4 Poland Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he was sent with his family amidst 15,000 other Jews, where his mother and younger sister died. His other two, older sisters survived.
5 Buchenwald, where his father died, and where Eli Wiesel was liberated by the US army.
6 Nobel Peace Prize - Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway, Peace Museum; also Stockholm, Sweden.
Story
Today there are 7,000 Jews in Romania. I had hoped to visit the museum in Romania, but I was with a group. I saw the lovely exterior of the synagogue in Brasov which is described in my other posts on Romania.
Romanian Language
As you can see from the word Gara for station, Romanian has many words similar to Italian and French.
He spoke several languages including Romanian, Yiddish, French and English. He wrote 57 books including Night which was about his time in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. He was on the Oprah Winfrey show and went with her to Auschwitz. Other well-known people he met, as you can see from photos, included US President Obama, and the Dalai Lama.
More Information
www.duolingo.com - learn Romanian for free on the internet on your computer, laptop or smart phone.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel
Romanian Tourist Board:
www.romaniatourism.com
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g608955-d3458082-Reviews-The_Elie_Wiesel_Memorial_House_The_Museum_of_the_Jewish_Culture_in_Maramures-Sigh.html
http://auschwitz.org/en/ (The Polish might pop up first. No flag of the Union Jack. The English translation is obtained by finding the word English across the top of the page.)
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g190479-d579345-Reviews-The_Nobel_Peace_Center-Oslo_Eastern_Norway.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g187426-d8590907-Reviews-Buchenwald_Memorial-Weimar_Thuringia.html
You Tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9PuCf9zmts (His family and his time in the camps.)
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=166354255 (No interesting gravestone but a good little summary of his life.)
http://time.com/4392279/elie-wiesel-dead-life-pictures-photos/ (Excellent series of pictures, shows amongst other illustrations:
The famous picture of Buchenwald you will probably recall, of emaciated men lying on three level of bunk beds - with a circle showing which is Elie Wiesel;
Elie Wiesel meeting one of the Russian liberators of Auschwitz, General Vasily Petrenko;
Elie Wiesel with President Bill Clinton at the dedication ceremony for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC;
Elie Wiesel being hugged by President Obama who presented Elie Wiesel with a medal.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. See my other posts on Romania and the Romanian language. Please share links to your favourite posts.
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