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Nobel Peace Prize 100th Anniversary Celebration with Elie Wiesel
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This special evening celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize with guest of honor Elie Wiesel, the 1986 recipient. In an inspiring interview with Martin Goldsmith, senior commentator on NPR's Performance Today, Dr. Wiesel shares the story of his remarkable life and career, as Holocaust survivor, historian, author, professor, and humanitarian.
Ten years after losing his family in Nazi concentration camps, Dr. Wiesel published his first book, Night, and became the literary conscience of the Holocaust. He was subsequently appointed chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust. In 1986 he was awarded the Nobel Prize, for teaching people "how not to succumb to despair."
Established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1897, the Nobel Foundation began its annual awards in 1901. The Peace Prize is awarded by a committee appointed by the Norwegian parliament, the Storting. The director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute serves as Secretary to the committee.
This program was recorded on April 26, 2001 at The Smithsonian Institution
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