I chose to research Elie Wiesel for this years NHD topic of

Leadership and Legacy. Last year, I participated in a nine-week

Holocaust and Jewish Resistance study group through my temple.
During this time I developed a keen interest in The Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel has endured much pain and suffering but he has
taken everything negative that he has endured and changed the world
through his hard work and dedication to his foundation, as well as
lecturing to those who listen.
I began my research by using online sources. Also, I visited The
Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. where I went through exhibits,
looked at photographs, and followed the life of a person that was in
The Holocaust. Most excitingly, while doing my research I attended To
Life!, an appreciation of Elie Wiesel at The 92nd Street Y in New York
City. I heard Elie Wiesel speak first hand about his experiences.
I constructed my website using various web page design sites
such as Noodle Tools, Time Toast and You Tube to create my selected
topic in Weebly. I used an app called Voice Memos to record myself
playing The March of the Partisans song on violin.
One reason I believe that Elie Wiesel fits the theme of
Leadership and Legacy is because in 1986 he established The Elie
Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. This foundation promotes tolerance
equality and understanding of all people. Wiesel stands for peace and
human dignity. He fights for oppressed people with no voice. Through

his foundation, Elie Wiesel has created Beit Tzipora Centers in Israel to
help educate Ethiopian Jews and give them a better chance to survive
in life. Additionally, Wiesel has founded a Darfurian Refugee Program
for displaced children from genocide in Darfur. A center in Israel has
been set up to help children and their families adjust to their new lives.
Today, Elie Wiesel continues to teach about the worlds unjust behavior
and overcoming evil.
Aside from remembering, we must take action! Elie Wiesel has taught
me that a bystander to injustice is just as guilty as a perpetrator. If we
see someone being bullied or excluded in our everyday life in or out of
school we cannot remain silent. We all have the responsibility to stop
injustice before it has a chance to proliferate.