Hope, Despair and Memory: Resources

The organization for human rights he founded still operates strong in his memory, and you can keep track of it online here.

Check out Wiesel's foundation: it's not called the Foundation For Humanity for nothing.

Want Wiesel's bio, Nobel-style? It's all here.

This documentary from the BBC goes deep into the history of the Holocaust, complete with interviews from its survivors. You might want to watch this one with tissues on hand.

For a more Hollywood take on the Holocaust, try Steven Spielberg's classic film. We also have a learning guide for it on hand, in case you want to dig that much deeper.

Apartheid in South Africa was finally toppled, but the process of rebuilding wasn't an easy one. This 2000 documentary chronicles that journey.

Elie Wiesel answers a lot of questions about his life, particularly about what he did after the concentration camps were behind him.

This print interview ran in O Magazine in 2000. The two of them talk about the human experience in light of so much tragedy.

In 2004, Professor Georg Klein sat down with Elie Wiesel to discuss the legacy of his 1986 Peace Prize and the psychological urges behind the history.

And you get an interview! And you get an interview! Oprah and Elie Wiesel jam about his memoir, Night.

One of Elie Wiesel's last speeches. In this one, he talks about the faith that he has in the next generation to shake things up for the better. Go us!

Elie Wiesel's in this group shot of concentration camp prisoners in Buchenwald, in the second row, seventh from the left.

What a team.