Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel dies at 87

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor whose classic Night became a landmark testament to the Nazis’ crimes and launched his long career as one of the world’s foremost witnesses and humanitarians, has died at 87.

His death was announced by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.

Mr Wiesel summed up his mission in 1986 when accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, saying: “Whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation, take sides.