Holocaust survivor denies Grand Cross Order of Merit after learning of Hungarian top officials’ participation in ceremony commending Nazi sympathizer; ‘It’s too close to home,’ says Wiesel
Associated Press
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel says he’s repudiating a Hungarian award he received in 2004 because top officials from Budapest recently attended a ceremony for a Nazi sympathizer.

Eli Wiesel Photo: Reuters
The memorial rite weeks ago offended the 83-year-old Holocaust survivor, whose parents and sister were sent to their deaths by wartime Hungarian officials.
“It’s too close to home,” Wiesel told The Associated Press in an interview last week. Continue Reading »












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