Monday, June 18, 2012

Wiesel rejects Hungarian award over Nazi concerns

 

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2009 file photo, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winning author Elie Wiesel listens during an interview with The Associated Press in Budapest, Hungary. Wiesel says he's ìrepudiatingî a Hungarian state award he received in 2004 because top officials in Budapest recently attended a ceremony for a Nazi sympathizer. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel says he's repudiating a Hungarian award he received in 2004 because top officials from Budapest recently attended a ceremony for a Nazi sympathizer.

Wiesel rejects Hungarian award over Nazi concerns
Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:32:34 GMT

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