Letter from Elie Wiesel to Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson regarding Radio Islam's antisemitic broadcasts

This is a brief, printed get-well message from "Sol and Debbie" to an unnamed recipient. The message expresses hope for the recipient's quick recovery and emphasizes their importance to "The Y" and the world. The document is printed on letterhead for the 92nd Street Y, a Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association and an agency of UJA-Federation, located at 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128.

This document is a transcript of remarks made by President Barack Obama at the White House on February 25, 2010. During the event, the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of the Arts were presented to a group of distinguished individuals. President Obama acknowledges various guests, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the chairmen of the NEA and NEH. He emphasizes the profound importance of the arts and humanities in enriching the mind, nourishing the soul, and strengthening the character of the nation. Obama highlights how these pursuits foster understanding, preserve America's cultural legacy, and celebrate its dynamism and diversity. He references historical figures and celebrated artists, connecting their contributions to the broader American cultural inheritance. The President then names and offers brief citations for the 2009 National Humanities Medal recipients, including Elie Wiesel, Robert A. Caro, and Annette Gordon-Reed, and the 2009 National Medal of Arts recipients, such as Milton Glaser, Maya Lin, and John Williams, praising their significant impact on American culture and human rights. The remarks conclude with an expression of gratitude to all honorees for their contributions to citizens' lives.

This document, appearing to be a proposal or an internal note from Elie Wiesel to Jean-David Levitte, outlines an "International Nobel Prize Colloquium: Whither the 21st Century." The proposed event, tentatively scheduled for May-June 2010, aims to gather approximately fifty Nobel laureates and other influential personalities. The program is designed for two or three days, featuring four commissions dedicated to politics & economy, history & crises, power & ethics, and media & human rights. It also includes two daily plenary sessions and evening concerts with distinguished musicians. The document states that invitations would be extended by the President of the Republic and Elie Wiesel himself, reminiscent of a similar event in 1988. The colloquium is planned to conclude with the publication of a manifesto addressing major challenges facing the current generation. A handwritten note at the bottom, likely from Elie Wiesel, asks "My dear Jean-David... what do we do with it?" or "what do we make of it?".

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

James W. Cronin writes to Elie Wiesel after returning from the Paris Conference. He shares his impressions, highlighting the informative nature of the gathering and the impactful individuals he met, including several Nobel laureates. Cronin notes the idea of forming "crisis teams" of Nobel Prize winners to address global trouble spots and praises Wole Soyinka's emphasis on combating religious fanaticism and nationalistic ideologies, advocating for a "secular decade." He expresses regret over the insufficient representation of intellectuals from undeveloped countries at the conference and suggests their inclusion in future discussions on development. Cronin specifically mentions the conflicts in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip, acknowledging Wiesel's unique moral authority and humanitarian principles in addressing these issues. He concludes by thanking Wiesel for the opportunity to participate in the conference.