Letter from John Silber to Elie regarding Olivia Mock's paper on the Holocaust

This document is an invitation from The NADAV Foundation to its 2012 Nadav Peoplehood Award Ceremony. The ceremony, scheduled for Wednesday, October 31st, 2012, at 19:30 at the YMCA in Jerusalem, Israel, is held to honor Professor Elie Wiesel and Mr. Avishai Cohen for their exceptional contribution and commitment to the Jewish People. The program includes a dinner reception and the award ceremony, with Mrs. Miki Haimovich serving as MC. The invitation provides details for RSVP, valet service, dress code recommendations, and a contact number for inquiries. A handwritten note on the left side, dated 10/25, indicates that this invitation was received by mail at "BU" (likely Boston University) and will be kept for archives, signed "Jean". The document, faxed on 2012-10-24, also includes the contact information for Prof. Elie and Marion Wiesel at Boston University.

Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria about the plans to reunite Maria with her sons in Washington, invites them for Passover, and suggests possible schools for Maria's nephew.

Alex Krasheninnikow was born in Kiev, USSR in 1934. He knew that his father, a scientist, and his mother, an artist, were Jews but he had no religious education. He recalls a happy childhood with his parents in a large collective apartment shared with four Soviet families. After the German invasion in 1941, his family was hidden in the attic of Vassily and Ina Baranovski in Darnitsa, near Kiev. Gold jewelry was exchanged for food and shelter until November 1943 when their hideout was discovered and their protectors were shot. Alex and his parents were sent by freight car to Brätz concentration camp near Schwiebus. Watchtbandguards beat them with clubs and separated men from women. Food shortages, cold barracks and arduous road building are mentioned, and the daily gymnastic regime of forced running for hours is detailed. The Russian Army liberated the camp in January 1945 and the reunited Krasheninnikow family returned to Kiev. In July 1950, they moved to Munich illegally. In December 1950, they emigrated to Philadelphia, where Alex became a court interpreter. He refers to accounts in Russian publications that number the Babi Yar killings during 1941 – 1943 with various figures, from 30,000 to 100,000.

Miriam tells her aunt Rebecca of the Charleston fire, which greatly affected the livelihoods of her in-laws. She also updates her on the health and travels of family and friends.

This letter, dated January 5, 2011, is an invitation from William Jefferson Clinton to Elie Wiesel. Clinton invites Wiesel to deliver the keynote address at the 2011 Winter Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on Thursday, February 17, at the Sentry Center Midtown East in New York City. The letter explains that the meeting will convene CGI's Action Networks, which were established in 2009 to facilitate coordination among CGI members on issues such as reducing poverty, improving the environment, and increasing global access to health care and education. Clinton expresses honor at the prospect of Wiesel's participation and directs him to contact Christina Sass, CGI's Deputy Director of Program, to confirm his availability for the keynote address during the final plenary session.