埃利·维瑟尔

生平埃利·维瑟尔出生于锡盖特的特兰西瓦尼亚镇，15岁那年和全家一起被监押到奥斯威辛集中营。这位大屠杀的幸存者后来成为诺贝尔奖得主、作家和人权活动家，从1998年开始担任联合国和平使者。维瑟尔先生以他的同情心为各种联合国事务呐喊，例如促使公众关注消除贫困和苏丹达尔富尔地区发生的暴行。他于1963年成为美国公民，通过埃利·维瑟尔人权基金会继续为人权和世界和平奔走呼吁。[1]

获得荣誉维瑟尔于1986年获颁诺贝尔和平奖，挪威诺贝尔委员会誉他为“人类的使者”，指出他经过种种艰难而产生的词句，有着“他对于希特勒的死亡集中营内一切耻辱及对人道彻底藐视的个人经历”，以及他“对和平之业的实践与奋斗”，维瑟尔已向人类交递了“和平、赎罪与人性尊严”的有力启示。1986年诺贝尔和平奖新闻稿The Nobel Peace Prize for 1986 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has resolved that the Nobel Peace Prize for 1986 should be awarded to the author,Elie Wiesel. It is the Committee's opinion that Elie Wiesel has emerged as one of the most important spiritual leaders and guides in an age when violence, repression and racism continue to characterise the world.

Wiesel is a messenger to mankind; his message is one of peace, atonement and human dignity. His belief that the forces fighting evil in the world can be victorious is a hard-won belief. His message is based on his own personal experience of total humiliation and of the utter contempt for humanity shown in Hitler's death camps. The message is in the form of a testimony, repeated and deepened through the works of a great author.

Wiesel's commitment, which originated in the sufferings of the Jewish people, has been widened to embrace all repressed peoples and races.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee believes that Elie Wiesel, with his message and through his practical work in the cause of peace, is a convincing spokesman for the view of mankind and for the unlimited humanitarianism which are at all times necessary for a lasting and just peace.

Oslo, October 14, 1986