
How Elie Wiesel was reunited with his sister
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Elie Wiesel reunited with his sister in France.
After Elie Wiesel was freed from the concentration camp at Buchenwald, he ended up in a children's rehab center in France. His sister recognized his photo in a story about the rehab center and the two were reunited.
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How Elie Wiesel was reunited with his sister
Clip: 1/27/2026 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
After Elie Wiesel was freed from the concentration camp at Buchenwald, he ended up in a children's rehab center in France. His sister recognized his photo in a story about the rehab center and the two were reunited.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(box rattles) (birds chirping) (residents chattering) (somber orchestral music) - [Narrator] One day there were journalists who came to do a story about our, after all children from Buchenwald was a good story.
I played chess with a friend.
They took pictures.
All right.
(camera shutters) And then later I was in the office of the director.
(telephone ringing) And I heard him speak on the telephone mentioning my name.
I said, "I heard you mention my name."
He said, "Oh, you are Wiesel?"
I said, "Yes."
He said, "I just spoke to your sister."
(moves to enchanting music) I said, "Mr.
Director, I don't believe it."
"What you mean?"
"Must be a mistake?"
Even if she remained alive, what is she doing in France?
If she's in France, how does she know I'm here?
But she, he said, "But she has a message for you.
"She will wait for you tomorrow "at the railway station in Paris."
I didn't sleep all night, as you can imagine.
Then came next day and there she was.
Elie Wiesel on Palestine, trauma and suffering
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Clip: 1/27/2026 | 2m 21s | Elie Wiesel vowed to always speak up whenever people were enduring suffering and humiliation. (2m 21s)
Elie Wiesel recounts the horrors of the Holocaust in "Night"
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Clip: 1/27/2026 | 1m 56s | In "Night," Elie Wiesel recounts a memory of witnessing three victims being hung. (1m 56s)
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Preview: 1/27/2026 | 2m 9s | Learn about Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night. (2m 9s)
How Elie Wiesel's wife and son gave him a new lease on life
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Clip: 1/27/2026 | 2m 40s | Before meeting his wife Marion, Elie Wiesel "shunned love" and didn't see himself having children. (2m 40s)
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