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NEW YORK, June 14 (APP/AFP) – New York on Tuesday
renamed a Manhattan street corner after Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, Nobel peace laureate and humanitarian who died last year.
The southwest corner of 84th Street and Central Park West on the
Upper West Side was permanently renamed “Elie Wiesel Way” at a ceremony attended by city officials under the baking heat of an early summer heatwave.
Wiesel, who was considered “the world’s leading spokesman on the
Holocaust,” is remembered for his life’s work in keeping alive the memory of
the genocide of six million Jews during World War II.
“His indelible faith in humanity is an everlasting example of courage
and tolerance. His words serve as a beacon of hope against fear and oppression in uncertain times,” said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Born in Romania, he became a US citizen and died at his home in
Manhattan on July 2, 2016 at the age of 87.