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TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. VAN
HOLLEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. WELCH, 
Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. ZELDIN, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CLAY, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. FARR, 
Mr. KILDEE, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NORCROSS, 
Mr. PALLONE, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
TAKAI, and Mr. THOMPSON of California) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the life and work of Elie Wiesel in promoting human 
rights, peace, and Holocaust remembrance. 
Whereas Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania, on Sep-
tember 30, 1928, to Sarah Feig and Shlomo Wiesel; 
Whereas in 1944, the Wiesel family was deported to the 
Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Po-
land; 
Whereas in 1945, Wiesel was moved to the Buchenwald con-
centration camp in Germany, where he was eventually 
liberated; 
Whereas Wiesel’s mother and younger sister, Tzipora, died in 
the gas chamber at Auschwitz and his father died at Bu-
chenwald; 
Whereas Wiesel and his two older sisters, Beatrice and Hilda, 
survived the horrors of the Holocaust; 
Whereas after World War II Wiesel studied in France, 
worked as a journalist, and subsequently became a 
United States citizen in 1963; 
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Whereas Wiesel’s first book ‘‘Night’’, published in 1958, told 
the story of his family’s deportation to Nazi concentra-
tion camps during the Holocaust and has been translated 
into more than 30 languages and reached millions across 
the globe; 
Whereas Wiesel would go on to author more than 60 books, 
plays, and essays imparting much knowledge and lessons 
of history on his readers; 
Whereas in 1978, Wiesel was appointed to chair the Presi-
dent’s Commission on the Holocaust, which was tasked 
with submitting a report regarding a suitable means by 
which to remember the Holocaust and those who per-
ished; 
Whereas in 1979, the Commission submitted its report and 
included a recommendation for the creation of a Holo-
caust Memorial/Museum, education foundation, and Com-
mittee on Conscience; 
Whereas in 1980, Wiesel became the Founding Chairman of 
the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and 
helped lead the effort for the United States Holocaust 
Memorial Museum to open its doors in 1993; 
Whereas in 1986, Wiesel and his wife, Marion, created The 
Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity in order to fight 
indifference, intolerance, and injustice; 
Whereas Wiesel, dedicated to teaching, served as a Visiting 
Scholar at Yale University from 1972 to 1976, professor 
at the City University of New York from 1972 to 1976, 
and Boston University from 1976 until his passing; 
Whereas Wiesel has received several awards for his work to 
promote human rights, peace, and Holocaust remem-
brance, including the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential 
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Medal of Freedom, the United States Congressional Gold 
Medal, the National Humanities Medal, the Medal of 
Liberty, the rank of Grand-Croix in the French Legion 
of Honor, and the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum Award; and 
Whereas, on July 2, 2016, at the age of 87, Elie Wiesel 
passed away, leaving behind a legacy of ensuring a voice 
for the voiceless, promotion of peace and tolerance, and 
combating indifference, intolerance, and genocide: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the life, work, and legacy of Elie 
Wiesel; 
(2) extends its deepest sympathies to the mem-
bers of Elie Wiesel’s family; and 
(3) reaffirms Elie Wiesel’s efforts to preserve 
the memory of those who perished and prevent the 
recurrence of another Holocaust, to combat hate and 
intolerance in any manifestation, and to never forget 
and also learn from the lessons of history. 
Æ 
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