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In this re-released conversation from 2012, Elie Wiesel reflects on the heart surgery that forced him to confront his mortality. The Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor talks about how facing the operation led him to re-examine his career and deepen his devotion to his family. He also discusses the memoir Open Heart and what he hopes will be the destiny of his life's work. Wiesel was 15 when he was sent to Auschwitz; his firsthand account, Night, is considered one of the most important books of our time. The episode includes the memory of his 2006 return to Auschwitz to walk the grounds with Oprah.
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Wiesel explains how facing a life-saving heart operation brought fears that pushed him to re-examine his career and deepen his devotion to his family.
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Night — Elie Wiesel — Wiesel's firsthand account of the Holocaust, considered one of the most important books of our time
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Open Heart — Elie Wiesel — Wiesel's memoir about his life-changing heart surgery and its aftermath
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✧Wiesel was 15 years old when he was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
✧In 2006, he returned to Auschwitz to walk the grounds of the 6,700-acre complex with Oprah and reflect on the lives lost there.
✧He passed away in 2016 at his home in Manhattan at age 87.
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