[Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel

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Elie Wiezel was Romanian and his name is Yiddish, not German. 

Jim Handsfield 
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> On Jul 2, 2016, at 11:18 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Really weasel with a v sound at the beginning.
>> On Jul 2, 2016 10:17 PM, "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> VEEZ-l
>> On Jul 2, 2016 9:46 PM, "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> In German, shouldn't it be VEETS-el?
>>> 
>>> Chad Wohlers
>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
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>>> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> es/>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>