The Light of Elie Wiesel During the Darkest of Times

Howard Reich explores vignettes of wisdom and seeds of hope shared by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel. Timeless insight which continues to resonate with current struggles around the world.

Howard Reich, journalist for the Chicago Tribune and son of Holocaust survivors, was handed a simple assignment to interview Elie Wiesel, best known for his famous Holocaust memoir Night and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Daily phone calls and multiple in-person meetings with Wiesel would eventually turn Reich’s “simple” assignment into four years of intimate conversations which ended shortly before Elie died. The time spent together grew into a friendship through shared stories and a common bond between Howard’s father and Elie; both men were liberated from the Buchenwald death camp on April 11, 1945.

A generation apart yet both scarred by the Holocaust, Howard Reich pulls shards of hope from Elie’s stories, fragments to be shared with children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors and anyone struggling to find light in times of darkness.

Join us on this podcast as Mr. Reich illuminates this remarkable journey full of friendship, love and hope.