[Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/2/2016 4:11:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jhandsfield at att.net writes:

The  Telegraph is reporting that Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiezel 
has  died.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/02/holocaust-survivor-elie-wiesel-di
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May he rest in peace.
 
I suspect there is the same pronunciation, roughly, in Yiddish as in  German
for his last name, and which is VEE-zel.  Understandably, he chose  to
say wii-ZEL instead.
 
Anyone who survived the Buchenwald camp and is a Nobel Laureate 
deserves the right to call himself whatever he wants!
 
 
 
David Strang.