Nobel Peace Prize for 1986 - A Survivor and his Testimony - Elie Wiesel

The vast majority can agree on the atrociousness of the so called Holocaust. The thought of it brings negative feelings like those of fear and sorrow to those who are well informed about its nature. Books, documental, museums, and memorials all help us remember the inhumanities committed in Nazi Germany during times of war. 

I personally believe that ,if done correctly,  writing is one of the the best ways of expression. Written words perdure through generations, they never change and they have the incredible ability to reach people´s minds and penetrate them with feelings.  I also believe that reading is experiencing, it is living other lives and entering other worlds. So, what a better way to understand cruelty than by the written testimony of Elie Wiesel, a living witness and victim of the anti semitic Germany? By narrating his torturous journey through concentration camps and the loss of his family in his book, "La Nuit" (Night in english), Elie Wiesel helps the world understand, helps everyone remember that this unforgivable mistake should never be repeated, helps promote future peace. This is why he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 1986.

The book is very descriptive and it is a good pick.

 "Wiesel is a messenger to mankind; his message is one of peace, atonement and human dignity"(Press Release) 

(Elie Wiesel) 

(Night) 

Bibliography: 

"Press Release - Peace 1986". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2013. Web. 2 Dec 2013. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/press.html>

"The Nobel Peace Prize 1986". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2013. Web. 1 Dec 2013. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/>

Pictures: 

Elie Wiesel. N.d. Photograph. Nobelprize.org. The Nobel Prize Foundation. Web. 27 Nov.2013

<http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/>.

Night. N.d. Photograph. Oprah´s Book Club. Oprah. Web. 27 Nov. 2013. <http://www.oprah.com/book/Night-by-Elie-Wiesel>.