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Why was Elie Wiesel giving a speech at Buchenwald Concentration Camp? (Sites 1 and 2)

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Making the world better, one answer at a time. Elie Wiesel gave his speech because it was a reason for him to come and visit his father's grave even though his father didn't have a grave. Elie Wiesel gave his speech because it was a reason for him to come and visit his father's grave even though his father didn't have a grave. Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE was a Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.



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Making the world better, one answer at a time. Elie Wiesel gave his speech because it was a reason for him to come and visit his father's grave even though his father didn't have a grave. Elie Wiesel gave his speech because it was a reason for him to come and visit his father's grave even though his father didn't have a grave. Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE was a Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.
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