Object ID
2014.1.384
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Date
6-1999
Files
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Description
Image of Elie Wiesel with book in hand; handwritten note, 'For Paul Lorenzen - with best wishes Elie Wiesel' in blue ink.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Congressional Medal of Honor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, author of numerous works informed by his experiences in concentration camps. Elie Wiesel was born to a religious family in Sighet Romania. He was sent to Auschwitz along with his father, mother and three sisters. His mother and sisters were murdered in the gas chambers upon arrival. Transferred with his father to Buchenwald, his father perished. Wiesel promoted human rights and remembrance of the Holocaust throughout his life.
Dimensions
11 x 8 1/2"
Keywords
Wiesel, autograph, signature, Pre-Holocaust, Pre-War
Subcollection
Post
Recommended Citation
"Elie Wiesel Photograph with Signature" (1999). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.384.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1328
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