Eli Wiesel
Confronting Fanaticism:
Building Moral Unity in a Diverse Society
Wednesday, April 20
8:00 p.m.
Henry J. Freede Wellness and Activity Center
NW 27th Street and Florida Ave.
 

A survivor of the Nazi camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Elie Wiesel broke his silence about what he endured there in his transformative book, Night. He has subsequently written more than forty books, receiving international acclaim for them as well as for his service as chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust and founding chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. He also founded, with his wife Marion, the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, whose first project engaged the efforts of seventy-nine Nobel Laureates from five continents. Wiesel has spent much of his life working on behalf of oppressed people throughout the world. For these efforts, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1986. 

Co-sponsors of Wiesel's visit include the Oklahoma City University School of Law; University-Church Relations; Neustadt Lecture Series, Wimberly School of Religion; Center for Interpersonal Studies through Film & Literature; as well as the Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma City Jewish Foundation and The Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma.

Prepare yourself for Wiesel's visit. Don't miss the screening of Alain Resnais' acclaimed Night and Fog (1955), 31 min. and Robert Gardner's Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular (2002), 55 min. Kerr-McGee Auditorium at the Meinders School of Business, 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19.

This event is free and open to the public. The doors of Freede will open at 6:45 p.m. Seating is limited. For more information call (405) 523-4956.