“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Elie wiesel was a best selling author, a Jewish Romanian-American writer, a Professor, and a human activist. Wiesel’s novel ‘Night’, as well as many other books dealing with Judaism, the Holocaust, and the moral responsibility of the people to fight hatred, racism and genocide. He was focused more on letting the world know his story and the tragedies the Jews have faced through the rough times.
The moral lesson throughout his life in which is overwhelmingly evident is that of not giving up. Throughout the hardships, fears, struggles and many of the physical and mental abuse, and lack of faith in God while in the concentration camps has been the moral concept on Elie Wiesel and his life story. Elie Wiesel was born on September 30th, 1928 in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, now a part of Romania. His father, was an orthodox Jew and had a grocery store while his mother, was a daughter of a farmer. Wiesel had three sisters, Sapora, Hilda, and Beatrice. Growing up in a small village in Romania, Wiesel's world revolved around family, religious study, community and God. His father instilled a strong sense of humanism in elie, encouraging him …show more content…
From the Nobel Peace prize to the National Humanities award. Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1986, which he spoke out against violence, racism, and repression. The Norwegian Nobel Committee called him a “messenger to mankind,” while presenting him the award. Then in 1992, he was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom that constitutes the highest award that can be given to a civilian in peacetime. He was also a recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2009, Norman Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2011, and the Loebenberg Humanitarian Award by the Florida Holocaust Museum in 2012 (“Who is Elie Wiesel?
The moral lesson throughout his life in which is overwhelmingly evident is that of not giving up. Throughout the hardships, fears, struggles and many of the physical and mental abuse, and lack of faith in God while in the concentration camps has been the moral concept on Elie Wiesel and his life story. Elie Wiesel was born on September 30th, 1928 in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, now a part of Romania. His father, was an orthodox Jew and had a grocery store while his mother, was a daughter of a farmer. Wiesel had three sisters, Sapora, Hilda, and Beatrice. Growing up in a small village in Romania, Wiesel's world revolved around family, religious study, community and God. His father instilled a strong sense of humanism in elie, encouraging him …show more content…
From the Nobel Peace prize to the National Humanities award. Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1986, which he spoke out against violence, racism, and repression. The Norwegian Nobel Committee called him a “messenger to mankind,” while presenting him the award. Then in 1992, he was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom that constitutes the highest award that can be given to a civilian in peacetime. He was also a recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2009, Norman Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2011, and the Loebenberg Humanitarian Award by the Florida Holocaust Museum in 2012 (“Who is Elie Wiesel?