Elie Wiesels’ widow Marion Wiesel, his son Elisha Wiesel, NYC Councilmember Helen Rosenthal and others dedicate Elie Wiesel Way. Photos by Glenn Richter.
By Glenn Richter
On Tuesday afternoon, the corner of Central Park West & 84th Street was officially designated Elie Wiesel Way in memory of the Nobel Peace Prize awardee author, who passed away last year. Wiesel and his family had lived there before moving to the Upper East Side some years ago.
Wiesel became the world’s best-known Holocaust survivor. In his nearly 60 books, he wrote with great passion and power about the Holocaust and its effects, brought to world attention the plight of Jews trapped in the USSR, and much more. He used his moral authority to speak out on international humanitarian issues.
Yay!!
Every street in Manhattan will soon be named for someone. With all due respect to Mr Wiesel, I don’t think he needs a street plaque to be remembered. What I need is more replacement of the signs with the actual street name. They are missing all over town.
Yeah. It sure gets confusing! 82, 83, Elie Diesel Way, 85…. Not to mention that both signs are pictured above. Just terrible! Hope you don’t get lost, Jens!
I hear that the upper east side is in the process of having the UES street that Elie later lived on named after him too.
A special committee has been created to debate whether to name the street East Elie Wiesel Way or Elie Wiesel, A Real Mensch, Way.
Ha!
Does anyone know why that particular street was picked to honor Elie Wiezel? Did he live there?
The article says he and his family had lived there before moving, “some years ago,” to the East Side. I wonder what kind of memorial they have to him.
Yes, it’s right in the article: “Wiesel and his family had lived there before moving to the Upper East Side some years ago.”
Diesel, Wiezel…OY gestalt!
Congratulations to his family for the honor.
I’m curious why they moved to the Upper East Side.
We,the world need more people like Elie Wiesel.We also need to listen to what he has said over the years.we’re better for it.