Telegram to Marion Wiesel on her Legion of Honor award

This is a letter from Ambassador Julian Buga of the Embassy of Romania to the United States of America to Prof. Elie Wiesel, President of The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. The Ambassador thanks Prof. Wiesel for his letter of December 31, 2014, and confirms that it has been forwarded to the office of the Romanian President, Klaus Iohannis. He congratulates Prof. Wiesel for his work with the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania. The letter highlights Romania's progress in developing a democratic and transparent judiciary system, and expresses Romania's role as an advocate for human rights and democratic values. Ambassador Buga also expresses a strong interest in meeting with Prof. Wiesel to discuss potential collaborative projects between the Embassy and the Elie Wiesel Foundation.

This document is an acknowledgment from The Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia University, dated February 3, 1987. It confirms the receipt of an entry for Abraham Michael Rosenthal for a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. The received materials included an entry form, biography, photo, exhibit, and a $20 handling fee. The letter, signed by Robert C. Christopher, Secretary of The Pulitzer Prize Board, notes that awards are recommended by the Board and announced in the Spring, and all submitted exhibits become the property of the University. An accompanying envelope indicates the letter was addressed to Professor Elie Wiesel at Boston University and was postmarked February 10, 1987.

This document is a fax from 'Cate' to 'Professor Wiesel' (Elie Wiesel) dated April 22, 2004, concerning updates to his Curriculum Vitae (CV). The fax includes a typed memo outlining proposed additions and removals to his CV, based on changes made to his 'Who's Who biography.' The sender, 'Cate,' states that a copy of the new CV will be included in 'today's envelope' and requests a double-check before final alterations. A handwritten note, also by 'Cate,' addresses 'Rachel' with similar information, indicating she is also part of the communication or process. Another handwritten note simply says 'OIC?'. The list of additions includes various awards (e.g., Prix du Souvenir, Metcalf Cup and Prize, Golda Meir Senior Humanitarian Award, Beth Hatefutsoth Honorary Fellow, Elie Wiesel Distinguished Service Award, Eisenhower Leadership Prize) and academic affiliations/degrees (e.g., The Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at BU, honorary doctorates from Old Dominion and Elon Universities, membership in The Maimonides Foundation). Items removed from the CV include past professorships and board memberships with institutions such as Florida International University, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Canadian Society for Yad Vashem, The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, Struggle to Save Ethiopian Jewry, and Tel-Aviv University's Board of Governors.

Albert Miller was a sergeant in the 303rd Bomb Group, 358th Squadron of the U.S. First Air Force, stationed in England in 1944. On November 21st, serving his 35th mission as radio operator gunman, his B17 bomber was shot down near Frankfurt. Landing at Oberursel, he faced rock-throwing civilians until German soldiers took him to a Luftwaffe prison for interrogation. He refused to divulge military information, despite threatened transfer to the GESTAPO. After 11 days of solitary confinement, he was taken with other prisoners of war in crowded passenger train compartments, to STALAG #4 at Grossye-Tychow [phonetic spelling]. There, as a non-commissioned officer, he did not have to work and could join classes, play ball and write songs for theatricals. A meager camp diet was supplemented by Red Cross packages. About January 10, 1945, the prisoners were transported by freight train to Barth, and he details the indignities of standing with over 50 men in a cattle car for four days and five nights. At STALAG #1, some guards were friendly, others were vicious. Increased hunger led some Prisoners of War to salvage potato peelings from German officers’ garbage. Encouragement came from BBC news received on hidden radios and from a Red Cross visit. After the Russian liberation of the camp on May 1, 1945, Mr. Miller observed the deteriorated condition of survivors emerging from a concentration camp nearby in Barth. He left STALAG #1 on May 13, and returned to the United States on June 20 on the SS General Butner. Interviewee: MILLER, Albert Date: October 14, 1994

This document is a letter from The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute and Gettysburg College, dated November 14, 1996, inviting Mr. Elie Wiesel to accept the 1997 Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Prize. The letter details that the prize recognizes distinguished contemporary leadership and includes a $25,000 award and a bronze bust of General Eisenhower. It lists previous awardees such as Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, General Colin Powell, Lloyd Bentsen, Robert Dole, and George Bush. The award is to be presented at a black-tie dinner in Washington D.C. in the spring of 1997, nationally televised by C-Span. The letter also mentions enclosed materials about the Institute's work in furthering Eisenhower's legacy and past recipients' remarks.