Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, dead at 87
Elie Wiesel was sent to Auschwitz and Buchenwald during the Holocaust He wrote dozens of works championing the human spirit Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and author who fought for peace, human rights and simple human decency, has died at the age of 87, a spokesman for Israels Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, said Saturday.