Letter from George H.W. Bush to Elie Wiesel on Humanitarian Award and White House Visit

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.

This is a letter dated October 9, 2002, from Laura Bush to Professor and Mrs. Elie Wiesel. In the letter, Laura Bush expresses her gratitude for being invited to and participating in the Elie Wiesel Foundation dinner. She mentions her pleasure in spending time with them and meeting their son. Bush commends their work through the Foundation for Humanity, describing it as profoundly important and instructive. She also expresses deep gratitude for being honored with a Humanitarian award and for the connection it provides to them.

In a letter dated May 3, 2001, Marion Wiesel, on behalf of The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, writes to President Václav Havel and Mrs. Dagmar Havel. She thanks them for their correspondence regarding their foundation, the "Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation VIZE 97." After apologizing for a delayed response due to extensive travel, she expresses that she finds the goals of their foundation to be most worthy. Marion Wiesel formally accepts their invitation to serve as an honorary member of the Board of Directors. The letter concludes with a warm, handwritten personal note and a postscript providing her alternative contact information in New York.

This document is a program and informational booklet for a ceremony honoring Professor Elie Wiesel. The first page outlines the program for the conferral of an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Gdańsk and the Jan Karski Award upon Wiesel. The ceremony includes speeches by Rector Andrzej Ceynowa and Ambassador Andrzej Towpik, a laudation, and an acceptance speech by Professor Wiesel. The subsequent pages provide context for the Jan Karski Award. Page two is a detailed biography of Jan Karski (1914-2000), a Polish resistance hero who reported on the Holocaust to the West. It highlights his wartime courier activities, his post-war academic career, and the establishment of the Jan Karski Society, of which Elie Wiesel was the Honorary President. Page three lists the laureates of the Jan Karski Eagle Award from 2000 to 2006, recognizing figures for humanitarian service and contributions to democracy, including Jacek Kuron, Marek Edelman, and Adam Michnik. The final page contains the formal Latin text conferring the honorary doctorate on Professor Wiesel.

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.