Films with: Wiesel, Elie

Nicky's family

Nicky's Family tells the nearly forgotten story of Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II. His actions were a secret, even from his family, until the BBC talk show "That's Life", devoted an episode to him with nearly everyone in the audience being one of the children he saved.

DVD 8146

Professor Elie Wiesel honorary degree presentation and speech /

Elie Wiesel, the foremost, living witness to the Holocaust. He came to pass on memories that need no trigger, embedded as they are in the lives of witnesses, the price exacted for survival. Wiesel, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, is the author of more than 50 books and plays. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his writing and for his defense of human rights worldwide. In addition to the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, he has received many honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1992); and an honorary Knighthood of the British Empire (2006).

DVD 5306

Sighet, Sighet

A haunting film about Elie Wiesel's hometown, Sighet. During World War II, the entire Jewish population of Sighet disappeared in the German cattle trains. This work describes the deportation of the Jews as an event of little consequence to Wiesel's non-Jewish neighbors.

DVD 11835