Elie Wiesel

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Human
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:The_Elie_Wiesel_Foundation_for_Humanity
gptkb:UNESCO
gptkb:Yad_Vashem
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Peace_Prize
gptkb:National_Humanities_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:born September 30, 1928
gptkbp:children gptkb:Zalman_Wiesel
gptkb:Elisha_Wiesel
gptkbp:died July 2, 2016
gptkbp:famous_quote “ The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.”
“ We must not see any person as an abstraction.”
“ To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”
“ Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night.”
“ For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.”
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elie Wiesel
gptkbp:influenced human rights advocacy
philosophy of memory
literature on the Holocaust
gptkbp:inspired gptkb:documentaries
gptkb:theater_productions
numerous films
gptkbp:known_for Holocaust memoirs
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Yiddish
English
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Romanian
gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Night
gptkb:Dawn
The Accident
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:activists
gptkb:Author
gptkb:Nobel_Peace_Prize
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Sighet,_Romania
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Manhattan,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marion_Wiesel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Samantha_Jane_Power
gptkb:Holocaust
gptkb:United_States_Holocaust_Memorial_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3