Book details: THE MEANING OF FREEDOM
$US 600.00
(Xt) Wiesel, Elie
THE MEANING OF FREEDOM
Imprint: West Point, N. Y. : United States Military Academy, 1987
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 14 pages ; 23 cm. In English. From the 15th Annual Sol Feinstone Memorial Lecture series at West Point. This lecture given by Elie Wiesel a year after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking to the US Military Academy, Weisel says, “I shall always remember… the day I was liberated by the American Army: April 11, 1945… I remember a black sergeant, huge, marvelous. I saw him cry, and I heard him curse; he saw the corpses, he saw the victims, he understood what no one would ever understand, that something had happened in history that had changed history, and in his helplessness, he simply cursed, and to me his curses became pure prayers…” OCLC lists just 3 copies worldwide (West Point, US Army War College, Texas A&M) . Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Stamp and Usual Markings. Very good+ Condition. Scarce and important. (HOLO2-130-55A)
Stock number:37160.