Elie Wiesel, Not To Be Forgotten

Elie Wiesel, an incredible man, who dedicated his life to helping people move forward while never forgetting the horror of a Holocaust in Europe that killed 12 million people, half of them Jewish, including Mr.Wiesel’s family, died in the past week at age 87.

There are no words even remotely close to powerful enough to describe the atrocities of that event and of the courage and sheer will of Mr. Wiesel to carry on a productive, meaningful, life after enduring what he experienced as a young boy. Even the Nobel Prize given to him pales in significance as to what he did enduring and helping.

Yet he did so and in my opinion, God, as was often the case with “Lucy Ricardo,” on “I love Lucy” has some “splaining” to do when he greets Elie Wiesel, concerning how such terror could have happened and still does.

My words to Elie Wiesel are those of thanks for a lifetime of work and inspiration and I will try in my little way, to carry on a life devoid of prejudice and perhaps of some help to others.

Elie Wiesel, an extraordinary human being, pictured above.