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What is the central point of Wiesels noble prize acceptance speech

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Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must -at the moment- become the center of the universe.

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The central point comes in his pseech when Wiesels says "Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.
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