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Wiesel

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Wie·sel  (vsl), Elie(zer) Born 1928.
Romanian-born writer and lecturer. A survivor of Nazi concentration camps, he is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust. He won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.
Wiesel [ˈviːzəl]
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(Biographies / Wiesel, Elie (1928 M, US, POLITICS: hunan-rights campaigner) Elie. born 1928, US human rights campaigner: noted esp for his documentaries of wartime atrocities against the Jews; Nobel peace prize 1986
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Noun1.Wiesel - United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928)Wiesel - United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928)
Elie Wiesel, Eliezer Wiesel
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