Invitation to Dinner hosted by US Representative to the UN for Jean David Levitte

This document is a formal invitation from the President and Mrs. Obama requesting the presence of Mr. Wiesel at a dinner. The dinner is being held in honor of Her Excellency Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Professor Dr. Joachim Sauer. The event is scheduled to take place at The White House on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at six o'clock in the evening. The dress code specified is 'Black Tie', and guests are instructed to use the 'Southeast Entrance'. The document features a visual element of the Presidential Seal.

This is a letter from M.K. Yuli Yoel Edelstein, Speaker of the Knesset, and Elie Wiesel, addressed to Steven Spielberg. The authors request a meeting for Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, and Stan Polovets, co-founder and Chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation, with Steven Spielberg. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss an issue of "considerable importance to the Jewish people and the State of Israel." The letter acknowledges Spielberg's past efforts in strengthening the heritage of the Jewish people and expresses confidence that the message from Sharansky and Polovets will resonate with him. It concludes with thanks and best wishes for a "Shana Tova."

Marion Wiesel writes to Monsieur François Delattre, the Ambassador of France, expressing her and her husband's disappointment at being unable to attend his gala honoring Christine Lagarde. She explains that their absence is due to their participation in a State Dinner at the White House for Shimon Peres on the same date. She asks Delattre to convey their regrets to Madame Lagarde and concludes with affectionate regards.

This document is an invitation from Monsieur Roger Cukierman, President of the CRIF (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France), to Monsieur and Madame Elie Wiesel. The invitation is for a dinner scheduled for Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at 7:00 PM. Monsieur François Hollande, President of the Republic, is designated as the guest of honor. The event is to take place at Pavillon d'Armenonville, located at Allée de Longchamp, 75116 Paris. The invitation specifies that seating is limited and an RSVP is required upon receipt. Contact information for CRIF, including their address (Espace Rachi, 39 rue Broca, 75005 Paris) and phone number, is provided at the bottom.

Sidney H. Willig was born in New York City on July 2, 1919 into an Orthodox Jewish family. He attended public school and trained as a soccer player and boxer. He refers to antisemitism in America in the 1920s and 1930s: employment, his rejection from the Navy, and incidents in the Air Force. As a navigator in the Air Force during World War II, he was shot down over the Netherlands. He describes in detail aid provided to him as an American officer by Dutch families and the Dutch underground. He also shares details about a Dutch Jew who was being hidden by a Dutch family whom he met, from November 1944 to April 1945. He reflects on his decision to continue to wear his dog tags, which displayed the Ten Commandments, until his liberation. He ponders the vast network of Nazi influence, because on his return to New York, the Vichy consular officer in Washington, D.C. requested from him the names of those who had helped him in Holland. Upon his return to New York he continued his college studies at St. John’s and then studied law on the advice of his valued teacher John Dandro. He reflects on the reasons Jews have survived over the centuries.