Roger L. Simon

September 22nd, 2005 8:07 am

“Despair is never an option.”

Elie Wiesel speaks at Princeton. Fausta was there.

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3 Comments

1. Fausta:

Thank you, Roger.

This was a very moving experience and I tried to simply write down what he said, but it was a great privilege to have heard Mr. Wiesel speak.

Sep 22, 2005 - 9:37 am 2. ShoreMark:

In “Night” Elie relates the story where he lies to Stein about the well-being of Stein’s family. Some weeks later, Stein: “A transport’s just come in… they’re sure to have news.”

Elie continues: “We were not to see him again. He had had news. Real news.”

I read that some time back on page 42 of 109 in the paperback version I have. I’m not sure what emotion to apply exactly, but this passage was strong stuff for me, I’ve still not made it to page 43.

Sep 22, 2005 - 3:18 pm 3. madawaskan:

Thank you Fausta for a beautiful write up at your blog and thank you Roger for pointing it out.

Wow.

Sep 22, 2005 - 8:33 pm

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