Letter from the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation to Elie Wiesel

This two-page letter from David Brooks Andrews to Elie Wiesel, dated May 10, 1993, addresses two main points. First, Andrews thanks Wiesel for a statement provided several months prior for a profile of Liv Ullmann in Felix, a publication of the European Film Academy. He informs Wiesel that he received a call from New Moon, a Jewish publication in London, requesting a review of 'Sofie,' a film based on a Jewish story, and that Liv Ullmann gave him another interview. Andrews proposes to conclude his review/interview with a summary of Wiesel's quote about Ullmann as an 'intellectual refugee' who serves as a 'bridge between the world and its Jewish neighbors' through 'Sofie,' and asks for Wiesel's feedback on this summary. Second, Andrews thanks Wiesel for his 'stiff rebuke' to President Clinton regarding Bosnia during his speech at the dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, expressing hope that something meaningful will be done to halt 'ethnic cleansing.' He also includes a practical note about faxing him.

A letter from President Ronald Reagan to Elie Wiesel, dated May 15, 1981. Reagan expresses pleasure at meeting Mr. and Mrs. Wiesel and other members of the American Jewish Community at the White House. He highlights the significance of the annual "Days of Remembrance" as a national reminder of the Nazi Holocaust. Reagan thanks Mr. Wiesel for the thoughtful gift of an inscribed copy of his biography, "A Jew Today," and concludes with warm best wishes to the Wiesels and their associates on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.

Dated March 21, 1990, this letter is from Elie Wiesel, writing on behalf of The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, to Vaclav Havel, the President of Czechoslovakia. Wiesel expresses his gratitude to Havel for accepting an invitation to participate in the foundation's upcoming Oslo Conference, titled "The Anatomy of Hate — Resolving Conflict Through Dialogue and Democracy," scheduled for August of that year. He highlights the conference's urgency and historic significance. Wiesel adds a personal, handwritten note expressing 'admiration and friendship.' A typed postscript mentions an enclosed program from the Avignon Festival that was held in Havel's honor, which Wiesel had mentioned in a prior 'Cathedral address'.

This document is a letter from Hillary Rodham Clinton, sent from The White House on January 28, 1999, to Elie Wiesel. In the letter, Clinton thanks Wiesel for his letter and for a powerful statement he made at an NYU rally. She expresses gratitude for his support and friendship, sends her love to Elie and Marion, and expresses hope to see them again soon.

This document is an unofficial English translation of a letter from Václav Havel to Elie Wiesel, dated June 9, 2003, in Prague. Havel, on behalf of the Dagmar and Vaclav Havel Foundation VIZE 97, invites Wiesel to the foundation's annual prize ceremony in October. He explains that the 2003 laureate is the American economist and thinker Robert B. Reich. Havel details the mission of his foundation, which he co-founded with his wife Dagmar, and the history of the VIZE 97 Prize, listing past laureates such as Karl H. Pribram, Umberto Eco, and Joseph Weizenbaum. The core of the invitation is a request for Wiesel to participate as a panelist in a discussion organized to coincide with the prize ceremony. The foundation offers to cover all costs for a three-day stay in Prague. A postscript adds that Wiesel's presence is also a wish of the laureate, Robert Reich.