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

When Elie Wiesel died #OnThisDay eight years ago, the world lost one of its strongest advocates for Holocaust memory. In May 1944, 15-year-old Elie was deported to Auschwitz with his family. After surviving the Holocaust, he waited ten years to write about his experiences. Elie eventually penned his haunting memoir, "Night," which has allowed people around the world to grasp the human toll of the Holocaust through the eyes of a teenager. At a time when the world could not bear to remember, Elie