Email: Naming of Asteroid Eliewiesel and its inclusion in Scientific Databases

A personal letter from the Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, dated August 4, 1999, to Elie Wiesel. The author thanks Elie for a report, memoirs, and a "generous inscription," and expresses enjoyment of their dinner conversation. She mentions having just returned from Pristina and Sarajevo, noting the pain but also resilience in those areas. The letter concludes with a statement about the U.S. commitment of funds and the need for full support and cooperation from the Europeans, and looks forward to their next meeting.

This document is a certificate issued by the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand, appointing Monsieur Elie Wiesel as a Grand Officier of the Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur. The certificate identifies Wiesel as a writer, university professor, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The appointment was made by a decree on the same day the certificate was issued. It was done in Paris on July 25, 1990, and sealed under the order number 294 LHE 83. The document bears the handwritten signatures of François Mitterrand (President of the Republic) and Général Biard (Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour).

This is a letter dated November 29, 2010, from John Gfroerer of Accompany Video Production, addressed to Leslie Meyers at The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, but with a salutation "Dear Elie,", likely referring to Professor Elie Wiesel. The letter expresses gratitude for help in providing pictures for a video made about Professor Wiesel for the Lantos Foundation. Gfroerer states he enclosed three copies of the video and asks that one be passed on to Professor Wiesel and Marion, who requested a copy at an event in New York. He conveys his appreciation for their work through the Foundation and expresses that it was an honor to have produced the video and to have briefly met Elie Wiesel in New York.

This document provides a biographical profile of Elie Wiesel, detailing his early life in Transylvania, his experiences as a Holocaust survivor in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and his subsequent career as a journalist and writer in Paris. It highlights his significant literary work, "Night," and his dedication as a spokesman for peace and human rights globally. The profile lists his numerous accolades, including the Grand-Croix in the French Legion of Honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, and the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. It also mentions the establishment of the "Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity" with his wife, Marion, focusing on human rights and ethical issues. The document notes his long tenure as a professor at Boston University and his extensive published works and honorary degrees from various institutions. Handwritten annotations at the top suggest an internal review process, with a note stating "for Milan... looks Ok to me. Approved?". It is unclear what this profile was intended for.

The document is an email from Radu Ioanid (from the USHMM) to Leslie Meyers, sent on June 18, 2012. The email forwards a message from Randy Herschaft of the Associated Press, which contains an AP news article co-authored by Verena Dobnik and Herschaft. The article reports that Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel is publicly repudiating a high state award he received from Hungary in 2004. Wiesel's action is a protest against the participation of top Hungarian officials, including the parliament speaker Laszlo Kover, in a ceremony honoring Jozsef Nyiro, a wartime parliament member whom Wiesel identifies as a "fascist ideologue." Wiesel, whose parents were deported to their deaths at Auschwitz by wartime Hungarian officials, found the event offensive and wrote a letter to Kover to reject the award.