# RIP Elie Wiesel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965 "2016-07-03T00:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/1 "2016-07-03T00:17:02Z")
Leaving the world better for his having lived in it, and poorer for his no longer being in it, [Elie Wiesel has passed away](http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.575072) at age 87. An outstanding life, risen from the deepest pit to which mankind descended in our age, to speak for the silenced voices, to shine light at the dark, to bear true witness before those who would forget or deny. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/2 "2016-07-03T01:24:45Z")
Rest in peace, Mr Wiesel. We remember - thanks to you. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/3 "2016-07-03T02:28:06Z")
Will reread _Night_ to honor his passing. RIP, Mr. Wiesel. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/4 "2016-07-03T03:10:01Z")
He lived 72 years longer than the bastards wanted him to, so that’s a win no matter how you look at it. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/5 "2016-07-03T04:25:24Z")
I remember skimming through “Night” in a bookstore and I was in tears reading the part about him helplessly watching his father die. I also went to hear him speak. He was one of the people I admired. The world will be a poorer place without him. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/6 "2016-07-03T12:17:58Z")
“But Wiesel said his greatest role in life was as a witness, and he found great comfort among those like himself who witnessed the Holocaust. He said he worried who would be its last witness, who would have that burden.” My parents are witnesses having survived the ghetto, concentration camps, slave labor. After witnessing one family member after another marched to the gas chambers. My mom just turned 90. Soon, who will be left who speak from their own memories? May your memory be a blessing- thank you for your work in repairing the world (tikkun olam) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/7 "2016-07-03T13:38:48Z")
\*Say not in grief ‘he is no more’ but in thankfulness that he was. \* - Hebrew Proverb ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/8 "2016-07-03T13:41:34Z")
RIP ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/9 "2016-07-03T13:49:49Z")
His nightmares are finally, blessedly over. Now he can finally rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/10 "2016-07-03T15:04:08Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > My parents are witnesses having survived the ghetto, concentration camps, slave labor. After witnessing one family member after another marched to the gas chambers. My mom just turned 90. Soon, who will be left who speak from their own memories? Which is why Wiesel’s writing, and that of others, is so important. I was sad to hear this yesterday ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/11 "2016-07-03T15:14:18Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > \*Say not in grief ‘he is no more’ but in thankfulness that he was. \* > > - Hebrew Proverb very much this ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/12 "2016-07-04T11:45:16Z")
Thank you, Mr. Weisel. I’m not clever enough to say anything else. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/13 "2016-07-04T11:53:41Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Which is why Wiesel’s writing, and that of others, is so important. I agree. My parents participated in the Shoah project and have given numerous speeches detailing their stories. One day all voices will be silenced and that historical record will be all we have. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/14 "2016-07-04T11:57:27Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > I remember skimming through “Night” in a bookstore and I was in tears reading the part about him helplessly watching his father die. I also went to hear him speak. He was one of the people I admired. > > The world will be a poorer place without him. I also went to hear him speak, in New York years ago. A profound loss. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/15 "2016-07-04T15:25:18Z")
I also heard him speak. He was an inspired and inspiring witness. RIP, finally. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-elie-wiesel/758965/16 "2016-07-05T02:54:31Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > He lived 72 years longer than the bastards wanted him to, so that’s a win no matter how you look at it. This is what his tombstone should say. Well, not really. He was an excellent human being, and will be missed.