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Nancy, Eli Wiesel was not and is not a Nazi hunter. He is a writer, philosopher and voice for those lost. Where are you getting your information I suggest you check your sources.
Nancy, I can't seem to get the level of your naïveté out of my head. Your profile and lovely photo suggest a life of tranquility and service which makes the level of your judgment all the more striking. My wish for you is a continued life of service and commitment to your family and community as well as some deeper thinking about what extreme tragedy can do to change a life forever. Further, I hope you never have to suffer as Wiesel and his family did at the hands of the Nazi Regime. You do not have to look very far to find examples of similar inhumanity today, Syria is only one example. Finally, if you take the time to "know" the work of Eli Wiesel you will find that the pursuit of inner peace through faith and an understanding of humankind is what Mr. Wiesel is all about. Your judgment of Wiesel is not only misplaced it misses the point completely.(less)
Dave, thank you for your opinion. My father-in-law called me a Pollyanna. My husband says I read too much about the Holocaust. When I was in high school, I read everything I could find in the paper, about the Hungarian Revolution. I know the evil that is in our world. I just feel to move on, and have a better life, we need to forgive those terrible people, so they don't keep us in those terrible places. I was born in 1940, and remember my cousins coming back from World War II, and the changes the war made in their lives. We lived near a Veterans Hospital, and my friends and I used to go there to entertain the soldiers. I saw first hand, how war had tormented those young men, and left them shell shocked, as they used to call the condition. Everyone goes through trials and tribulations if we live in this world, and I have had my share of them. I just live with the hope, that a few good people will make some difference in the lives of others. There are too many groups in the world, who hold on to the hatred of other groups in the world, and we just keep fighting and killing each other.
Nancy, Nice to hear back from you. The smartest man I ever knew referred to himself as a Pollyanna and at the same time resisted viewing the world through rose colored glasses. Rest assured, Eli Wiesel is one of "the few" you mention. As far as Nazi hunters are concerned it is not about retribution. It is about JUSTICE!
Hi Dave, I have noticed over the years, when a Nazi
Criminal was captured, and I must say that I was pleased to see those persons brought to justice. I have done a lot of reading in this area, and it's hard to imagine being able to survive in those camps. My main concern for those people, who were imprisoned, is that they could find happiness and peace of mind after the war.
I think you are mixing up Elie Wiesel with Simon Wiesentheil - another Holocaust survivor who DID become a very well known Nazi Hunter.
"Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, and later founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity with his wife Marion (Erster Rose) Wiesel." (From and online biography.)
I guess he did find peace with his work, since he worked on such a global scene to try to bring peace to the world. That of course could also bring a lot of frustration.
Wiesel was also the victim of a Holocaust Denial attack. He has two MAJOR autobiographies that deal with all of his life: All RIvers Run to the Sea, and The Sea Shall Rise. It discusses his life pre-WW2, during the war, after the war, how he rebuilt his life, became a journalist and eventually became sponsor of The United State Holocaust Memorial
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Nancy, Eli Wiesel was not and is not a Nazi hunter. He is a writer, philosopher and voice for those lost. Where are you getting your information I suggest you check your sources.
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Nancy, I can't seem to get the level of your naïveté out of my head. Your profile and lovely photo suggest a life of tranquility and service which makes the level of your judgment all the more striking. My wish for you is a continued life of service and commitment to your family and community as well as some deeper thinking about what extreme tragedy can do to change a life forever. Further, I hope you never have to suffer as Wiesel and his family did at the hands of the Nazi Regime. You do not have to look very far to find examples of similar inhumanity today, Syria is only one example. Finally, if you take the time to "know" the work of Eli Wiesel you will find that the pursuit of inner peace through faith and an understanding of humankind is what Mr. Wiesel is all about. Your judgment of Wiesel is not only misplaced it misses the point completely.(less)
Dave, thank you for your opinion. My father-in-law called me a Pollyanna. My husband says I read too much about the Holocaust. When I was in high school, I read everything I could find in the paper, about the Hungarian Revolution. I know the evil that is in our world. I just feel to move on, and have a better life, we need to forgive those terrible people, so they don't keep us in those terrible places. I was born in 1940, and remember my cousins coming back from World War II, and the changes the war made in their lives. We lived near a Veterans Hospital, and my friends and I used to go there to entertain the soldiers. I saw first hand, how war had tormented those young men, and left them shell shocked, as they used to call the condition. Everyone goes through trials and tribulations if we live in this world, and I have had my share of them. I just live with the hope, that a few good people will make some difference in the lives of others. There are too many groups in the world, who hold on to the hatred of other groups in the world, and we just keep fighting and killing each other.
Nancy, Nice to hear back from you. The smartest man I ever knew referred to himself as a Pollyanna and at the same time resisted viewing the world through rose colored glasses. Rest assured, Eli Wiesel is one of "the few" you mention. As far as Nazi hunters are concerned it is not about retribution. It is about JUSTICE!
Hi Dave, I have noticed over the years, when a Nazi Criminal was captured, and I must say that I was pleased to see those persons brought to justice. I have done a lot of reading in this area, and it's hard to imagine being able to survive in those camps. My main concern for those people, who were imprisoned, is that they could find happiness and peace of mind after the war.
I think you are mixing up Elie Wiesel with Simon Wiesentheil - another Holocaust survivor who DID become a very well known Nazi Hunter.
"Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, and later founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity with his wife Marion (Erster Rose) Wiesel." (From and online biography.) I guess he did find peace with his work, since he worked on such a global scene to try to bring peace to the world. That of course could also bring a lot of frustration.
Wiesel was also the victim of a Holocaust Denial attack. He has two MAJOR autobiographies that deal with all of his life: All RIvers Run to the Sea, and The Sea Shall Rise. It discusses his life pre-WW2, during the war, after the war, how he rebuilt his life, became a journalist and eventually became sponsor of The United State Holocaust Memorial
