[Washington National Cathedral] Washington National Cathedral on April 28 announced that the cathedral has added a stone carving of Holocaust survivor and Nobel
Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel to be engraved at the National Cathedral
Wiesel helped found the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1986. By
Adam Barnes | April 28, 2021 Author Elie Wiesel attends the premiere of A Film Unfinished at MOMA - Celeste Bartos Theater on August 11, 2010 in New York City.Jason Kempin/Getty Images
Story at a glance
Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel will be carved into memory at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., joining iconic figures like Mother Teresa and Rosa Parks in the Human Rights Porch alcove.
The cathedral’s dean, Rev. Randy Hollerith, chose Wiesel for the corner due to his belief in the importance of remembering the Holocaust as the number of living survivors “dwindles.”
Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel memorialized with bust at Washington National Cathedral localnews8.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from localnews8.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel gets seat at National Cathedral
Poll
Yes
Limestone dust falls as Sean Callahan uses a chisel to work on a carving of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winning author Elie Wiesel in the Human Rights Porch at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Washington National Cathedral, the massive Episcopal house of worship that prides itself on being an unfinished work-in-progress whose stones and stained glass tell the story of the 20th and 21st centuries, is unveiling its newest addition: a carving of iconic author, human rights campaigner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.
A report from the watchdog group NGO Monitor alleged that funds by the United States government’s multi-billion dollar international aid.
Born in Romania in 1928, Wiesel was a survivor of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. His father, mother and sister were killed in the camps, and he detailed the horrors of the Holocaust in his autobiographical novel “Night.” He authored 57 books, was a vocal advocate for human rights causes around the world, and served as a professor at Boston University, which created the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies in his honor. He was the founding chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, and received numerous prestigious awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal. He died in 2016 of natural causes.