[Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel

[Grace Cangialosi]

No--that would be the pronunciation if it were spelled Wiezel.

On July 2, 2016, at 10:46 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



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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.