Letter from Christian de Duve to Elie Wiesel regarding Nobel Prize Laureates Conference

This document is an email invitation from Rahul Bajaj, Chairman of Bajaj Auto Ltd and Past President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), to Professor Wiesel. The email invites Professor Wiesel and their spouse to the annual Bajaj Auto Nightcap, scheduled for Wednesday, January 26, 2011, from 2200 to 2400 hours. The event is to be held at the Scaletta, Hotel Steigenberger Belvedere, in Davos, coinciding with the 41st Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. The sender requests the recipient to mark their diary for the event. Ms. Hema Malini is listed as the RSVP contact. A handwritten annotation of 'yes' and '12.2.10' is visible on the document, likely indicating a response or internal note.

This is a letter from Ronald Reagan, dated February 17, 1983, to Mr. Elie Wiesel, Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. In the letter, Reagan thanks Wiesel for his thoughtful remembrance, which brightened his birthday celebration. He expresses his delight in their friendship and goodwill, and mentions that Nancy (Nancy Reagan) also joins him in sending warm best wishes. The letter concludes with an expression of appreciation and is signed by Ronald Reagan.

Suzanne Gross, nee Sarah Pertofsky, was born in Paris, France in 1931. Her parents were born in Belz (Russia) and emigrated to France around 1924. They had a beauty parlor in Paris which was closed by the Germans after the invasion of Paris. At that time Jews were rounded up systematically and families were forcibly separated. Non-native born Jews were rounded up before Jews who were considered French. As a child, especially after she started school, Suzanne was made to feel she was not really French. Suzanne talks in detail about her experience when she had to wear her Yellow Star to school. Her father went underground, worked at first on a farm, then joined the Jewish French partisans. He later worked in a steel factory be‌cause the French partisans did not want Jews. Her mother was hidden by neighbors for three months. Sarah was sent to a farm in Normandy with 5 or 6 other children by the French Jewish Scouts (Eclaireurs Israelites de France) who had an underground network to hide Jewish children. She worked on various farms under harsh conditions. She was a hidden child in a convent school where she had to pretend she was Catholic. She was reunited with her parents in Paris, who lived clandestinely on and off in their boarded up shop. The family received money from a resistance movement in the steel factory where her father worked. The concierge helped by selling items knitted by her mother. During this time Suzanne and her sister often warned Jews when a police round-up started. Many Jews were imprisoned at Drancy. She describes how families searched for arrested relatives from afar. She gives a detailed account of her emotional responses to the childhood trauma she experienced and to surviving the Holocaust. The family emigrated to the USA in 1946. Interviewee: GROSS, Suzanne Date: August 9, 1983

Telegram sent by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to Elie Wiesel, informing him that he had been awarded the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. The committee invites Wiesel to come to Oslo and receive the prize on December 10, 1986. The award also includes a prize of 2,000,000 Swedish Kronor (in 1986, equivalent to $310,000 USD).

Carmen Leibrock writes to Elie Wiesel to express her gratitude for his book "Night". She acknowledges the pain he must have gone through to write about his experiences. She explains that the book has had a profound impact on her, teaching her about sorrow and life lessons. While she recognizes she can never fully comprehend the pain of the Holocaust, she makes a promise to Wiesel. She pledges that if she has children, she will give them her copy of "Night" to read. Furthermore, she commits to trying to ensure that her high school continues to require students to read his writings, so that the book's impact can continue to be felt by students in her community. The letter is a heartfelt thank you and a promise to carry forward the lessons of his work. The envelope is postmarked June 10, 2014, and is addressed to The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity in New York.