Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel, a Distinguished Presidential Fellow at Chpaman University in Orange, is shown there in 2013. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
President Obama in 2009 tours the former Buchenwald camp with Holocaust survivors Bertrand Herz, left, Elie Wiesel, right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Nobel Peace Prize winners Elie Wiesel, left, and the Dalai Lama talk in 2005.
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In 1984, French President François Mitterrand, right, awards Elie Wiesel the Legion of Honor.
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Former President Clinton, right, acknowledges the audience as Elie Wiesel watches at a tribute at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
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Elie Wiesel, left, and President Obama embrace in 2009 during their visit to the former Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Elie Wiesel chats with students at Chapman University in Orange after a presentation.
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