Letter from Marion Wiesel to Václav and Dagmar Havel accepting honorary board membership

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Letter from Marion Wiesel to Václav and Dagmar Havel accepting honorary board membership

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May 3, 2001

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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.

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