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- Died
- Birth nameMary Renate Erster
- Marion Wiesel was born on January 27, 1931 in Vienna, Austria. She was a writer and producer, known for Zalmen: or, the Madness of God (1975), A Passover Seder (1994) and Nobels Fredsprisutdeling (1959). She was married to Elie Wiesel and F. Peter Rose. She died on February 2, 2025 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
- SpousesElie Wiesel(April 2, 1969 - July 2, 2016) (his death, 1 child)F. Peter Rose (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenElisha Wiesel
- She emigrated to the United States in 1949, where she later met her husband.
- In 2001, Wiesel was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by then-US president Bill Clinton. Clinton said he awarded her the medal for her "mission of hope against hate, of life against death, of good over evil.".
- Wiesel fled with her mother across Europe and, according to the World Jewish Congress, was imprisoned at the Gurs concentration camp. Eventually, Wiesel escaped to Switzerland in 1942, according to the Holocaust Education Trust.
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