Elie Wiesel (Alexander the Liberator)

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE (Hebrew: אֱלִיעֶזֶר וִיזֶל‎, ’Ēlí‘ézer Vízēl; 30 September 1928 – 2 July 2016) was a Romanian Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in Russian and Romanian, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.