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Awards
Elie Wiesel has won many awards for his writing and work regarding the Holocaust. His awards include the Nobel Peace Prize, the Freedom Cup Award, the Jacob Javits Humanitarian Award, and the Medal of Liberty. Click below for more information. The Academy of Achievement The Elie Wiesel Foundation of Humanity

**Timeline**
The timeline below is focused on Elie Wiesel’s life – click here for several timelines from this time period.
 * Sept. 30, 1928—Elie Wiesel is born in Sighet, Romania, which later becomes part of Hungary.
 * March, 1933—Adolf Hitler is elected Chancellor of Germany; Heinrich Himmler opens Dachau, a death camp, near Munich, Germany.
 * July, 1937—Buchenwald concentration camp opens.
 * April, 1940—Germany captures Norway and Denmark. A concentration camp opens in Auschwitz, Poland.
 * September, 1941—At Auschwitz, Germans begin using poison gas.
 * March, 1943—Himmler initiates the use of crematoria in Auschwitz.
 * May, 1944—The Wiesels arrive at a concentration camp in Birkenau, Poland.
 * Summer, 1944—Elie and his father are sent to Auschwitz.
 * January, 1945—Elie and his father are taken to Buchenwald, Germany.
 * January 18, 1945—Russian forces liberate Auschwitz
 * April, 1945—American troops free inmates at Dachau and Buchenwald camps.
 * 1947—Elie enters the Sorbonne to study philosophy.
 * 1955—Elie is encouraged to write about his incarceration in a death camp.
 * 1956—Elie enters the U.S.
 * 1960—Elie publishes the English version of //Night//.
 * 1986—Elie receives the Nobel Peace Prize.