Buchenwald concentration camp near Jena, Germany. April 16, 1945. Elie Wiesel can be seen second row from bottom, seventh from left.

“Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and outspoken pro-Israel activist, passed away on Saturday at the age of 87.

A prolific author, he penned 57 books. One of his most memorable works, Night, described his personal experiences during the Holocaust as a teen in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps. For ten years after the end of the war, Wiesel, refused to write about or discuss his experiences. But in 1952, after a meeting with Chabad Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and at the urging of his friend, Nobel Laureate and author Francois Mauriac, Wiesel began to write about the Holocaust.” May we never, never forget! http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/71000/eli-wiesel-nobel-prize-winning-author-holocaust-survivor-champion-israel-passes-away/?utm_source=Jerusalem365&utm_campaign=399c2d0288-Jerusalem365+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_966f66c607-399c2d0288-20232109&mc_cid=399c2d0288&mc_eid=03da203b1a#ckkXfgVDrk9Sfrvj.97