Invitation to the "Sauver les enfants, 1938-1945" Exhibition Inauguration

This document is an invitation from the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, Inc. for the presentation of the Hans J. Morgenthau Award to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. The event is scheduled for Thursday, September 12, 2002, at The Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, with Bill Moyers serving as Master of Ceremonies. The document also provides background information on the National Committee, which was founded in 1974 by Professor Hans J. Morgenthau, and details about the Hans J. Morgenthau Award, established in 1981, including a list of past recipients. Additionally, it lists the organization's officers, trustees, and board of advisers for 2001, and recipients of other awards like the Kennan Award and the William J. Flynn Initiative for Peace Award.

This document is S. J. RES. 231, a joint resolution introduced in the 98th Congress, 2nd Session, by Senators Christopher J. Dodd and Paul Laxalt on February 9, 1984. The resolution proposes the awarding of a gold medal to Elie Wiesel in recognition of his significant humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to world literature and human rights. It details Wiesel's international esteem as a novelist, teacher, philosopher, critic, historian, and humanitarian, and his distinguished citizenship. The resolution acknowledges his twenty-five published works, his role as a "spiritual archivist of the Holocaust," and his chairmanships of the President's Commission on the Holocaust and the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. It also notes his extensive work for human rights in various global regions and his numerous prestigious literary awards and honorary degrees. The resolution authorizes the President to present the medal and the Secretary of the Treasury to create it, allowing for the coining and sale of bronze duplicates.

An email from Rudy Boschwitz to Elie Wiesel, with copies to Jean Maras and Frank Berman, discusses a traveling exhibition about Jewish lawyers in Germany in the 1930s. The exhibition, put together by the German government, is touring the U.S. and will make an early stop in Minnesota. Frank Berman, an attorney, is on a committee formed by the Chief Federal Judge of Minnesota to manage the display's arrival. Boschwitz states that he and Frank would like to speak with Wiesel about it and asks for a suitable time. He also conveys personal well-wishes regarding Ellen and mentions a planned Panama Canal cruise. The email concludes with Rudy Boschwitz's contact details and his past diplomatic roles.

This letter, dated March 27, 2012, is an invitation from Ramu Damodaran, Officer-in-Charge of the Outreach Division, Department of Public Information at the United Nations, to Professor Elie Wiesel. It invites Professor Wiesel to speak at a panel discussion titled “The Trial of Adolf Eichmann: 50 Years Later,” scheduled for April 23, 2012, at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The event is organized by the United Nations Holocaust Outreach Programme in partnership with the State of Israel, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Eichmann trial. Minister Yossi Peled of Israel is slated to make opening remarks. Other panelists include Mark Ellis, Amos Hausner, and Deborah E. Lipstadt. Professor Wiesel is specifically asked to share his unique perspective as a Holocaust survivor who covered the trial for *The Forward*. The discussion aims to examine the trial from psychological, social, and legal perspectives, focusing on its influence on justice and accountability in the twenty-first century. Kimberly Mann is provided as a contact for further information.

This document is a multi-page invitation and program for a dinner hosted by The National Committee on American Foreign Policy, held on May 7, 1987, at the St. Regis Roof in New York. The event honored Elie Wiesel, the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The document includes a biography of Elie Wiesel, detailing his early life in Romania, education at the Sorbonne, immigration to the United States, and his distinguished career as an author and professor, notably his writings on the Holocaust and his advocacy for human rights. It also lists the individuals and the organization inviting guests to the dinner, as well as the committee's leadership and founding information, established in 1974 to stimulate interest in American foreign policy.