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On receiving the news of Wiesel’s death, Peres said, “Today, the Jewish people and the world lost a larger-than-life individual: Holocaust survivor, author and Nobel Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel. I had the honor and privilege to personally thank him for his numerous years of work and for saving the world from apathy when I gave him the Presidential Medal on behalf of the State of Israel.”
Peres added, “Wiesel left his mark on humanity through preserving and upholding the legacy of the Holocaust and delivering a message of peace and respect between people worldwide.”
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