Religious Figure

Elie Wiesel

Romanian-American Holocaust survivor

1928 – 2016

Total Mentions

Direct Quotes

2008

First Mention

2015

Latest Mention

Most Frequent Citing Countries

Czech Republic(2)Costa Rica(2)Canada(2)Barbados(1)

Direct Quotations (1)

"that the memory of evil will serve as a shield against evil; that the memory of death will serve as a shield against death"

2008Costa Rica

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All Mentions (3)

2015·Barbados

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We cannot afford to be indifferent. As Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel has noted: “Indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor.” 15-29816 9/45 A/70/PV.25 02/10/2015 I have described the

2013·Canada

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. The appeasers claimed they had won peace in our time. In fact, their abandoning of principle was a calamity for the world. Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who was imprisoned at Auschwitz, has been even blunter: “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages t

2008·Czech Republic

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at issue. A valuable contribution can also be made through the non-governmental initiatives of leaders such as Václav Havel, Kjell Magne Bondevik and Elie Wiesel. Earlier this week, I had the honour to host an event in New York aimed at presenting their thoughts and recommendations on the tragic human rights a

Year	Country	Context	Speech
2015	Barbados	We cannot afford to be indifferent. As Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel has noted: “Indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor.” 15-29816 9/45 A/70/PV.25 02/10/2015 I have described the	View
2013	Canada	. The appeasers claimed they had won peace in our time. In fact, their abandoning of principle was a calamity for the world. Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who was imprisoned at Auschwitz, has been even blunter: “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages t	View
2008	Czech Republic	at issue. A valuable contribution can also be made through the non-governmental initiatives of leaders such as Václav Havel, Kjell Magne Bondevik and Elie Wiesel. Earlier this week, I had the honour to host an event in New York aimed at presenting their thoughts and recommendations on the tragic human rights a	View