Learn about the life and career of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night. After his liberation from Buchenwald, Wiesel became a writer in France before immigrating to America. Over the course of his decades-long career, Wiesel fought the 'sin of indifference' by writing 57 books, teaching as a university professor, and championing for human rights. Watch American Masters | Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire Tuesday at 8pm and stream on the PBS app: https://portal.k

American Masters: Elie Wiesel — Soul on Fire Discover the remarkable life of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize–winning author of Night, and a global voice for human rights. From his early years in France to his powerful career in America, Wiesel spent decades fighting what he called the “sin of indifference,” writing 57 books, teaching, and advocating for justice around the world. Tune in for an inspiring and deeply moving portrait of a man who turned tragedy into a lifelong mis

Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel, the human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author, was born in Romania on #ThisDayInHistory in 1928. Wiesel pursued Jewish religious studies before his family was forced into Nazi death camps in 1944. Following the war, Wiesel published, in Yiddish, a memoir about his experience in the camps “And the World Remained Silent” in 1956. The book was shortened and published as Night for English readers in 1960. The memoir would eventually become an acclaimed bestse