Elie Wiesel-life as a Jew and his view of 9/11

     Nobel peace prize Laureat Elie Wiesel talked about his life and the concerns for the future of mankind in the documentary ELIE WIESEL (the video is available in the library). After his survival from Auschwitz, he became a journalist and later novelist. He sums up his life of seeking to understand human behavior, mourns the tendency of humans to dehumanize each other in order to kill with impunity. In the documentary, he expressed his view of September 11 (42ed-48th min). His words are calm and pregnant with meaning. Will the 21st century recreate the nightmares of the 20th? He analyzed the re-emergence of terrorism in this century.

      Another video BEYOND HATE, which is about the global violence is also available in the library.

    

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