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University. After receiving
the Nobel Prize, he establish-
ed the Elie Wiesel Founda-
tion for Humanity to work for
human rights around the
world.
"I often have the feeling I
haven't even begun," said Mr.
Wiesel. "I've targeted books
toward my peers, those men
and women who went
through the same experience
and don't talk about it. I
know how difficult it is, but
when a witness keeps silent,
falsehood wins!'
He continued, "Each sur-
vivor must tell his or her
story. It is a story of separa-
tion, of tears, of longing. It is
a story of despair. But a tale
about despair is a tale against
despair."
During a question and
answer period after Mr.
Wiesel's lecture, he admitted
his pessimism about the
historical turns taken in
Eastern Europe. "I was
hopeful. I felt that if people
are free, they will get rid of
hatred. I was wrong. Anti-
Semitism today is a shocking
phenomenon!'
He was especially distress-
ed that German unification
will occur without even a
debate. "The most important
event in post-war history and
no one asks the questions, 'Is
it good for America?' "
He said he was dishearten-
ed by the response of the Ger-
man people when the Berlin
Wall crumbled on Nov. 9.
"The Germans wanted to
declare that day a national
holiday. They had already
forgotten that Nov. 9 was
Crystal Night," (the night in
1938 when the Nazis attack-
ed Jewish citizens, stores and
synagogues.)
Looking toward the future
for Jews, Mr. Wiesel respond-
ed, "I oscillate between ex-
treme optimism and extreme
pessimism."
Mr. Wiesel said he will con-
tinue to speak, write about
and work towards abolishing
hate throughout the world.
"All we can do is prevent hate.
If a child can be taught to
hate, a child can be taught
not to hate. This is my long-
range project for humanity."
A committee of U-M
students, faculty and staff
members have raised an en-
dowment to support an an-
nual or biennial lecture that
will commemorate Mr.
Wallenberg and honor in-
dividuals whose achieve-
ments and ideals embody his
example.
Mr. Wallenberg was born in
Sweden and earned a
bachelor's degree in architec-
ture from the U-M in 1935. In
1944 he was appointed
Sweden's attache to Hungary,
where the Nazis were exter-
minating Europe's last
substantial concentration of
Jews. Using funds from the
U.S. War Relief Board, Mr.
Wallenberg arranged to
shelter thousands of Jews and
protect them from the Nazis.
Marilynn Rosenthal, pro-
fessor at the U-M Dearborn
campus, commented after
listening to Mr. Wiesel's lec-
ture, "It is tremendously im-
portant that the university
remember Mr. Wallenberg
and honor his spirit in this
way every year. That to me is
a major accomplishment."
Said Jamie Marsh, recent
U-M graduate who attended
the lecture, "The type of
leadership. Mr. Wiesel and Mr.
Wallenberg stand for is lack-
ing in this world. I wonder
who will represent spiritual
leadership in the future.
"The period between Rosh
Hashana and Yom Kippur is
an especially reflective time.
After hearing Elie Wiesel
tonight, I will think more
about my own role in the
world!" CI
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Housing Costs
Soar In Israel
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Soaring
housing costs led the con-
sumer price index to a 1.6
percent rise in August, the
largest increase for that
month in five years.
Housing costs, which were
up by 3.2 percent for the
month, accounted for nearly
half the cost-of-living in-
creases in August.
The price index rose by
11.4 percent during the first
eight months of the year,
reflecting an annual infla-
tion rate of 18 percent. This
year's annual rate will
almost certainly top 20 per-
cent, because the cost of liv-
ing usually rises more steep-
ly in the final quarter.
Employees will get a 5.6
percent cost-of-living in-
crease with their September
salaries, payable October 1.
It will represent 60 percent
of the 9.6 percent the cost of
living has risen since the
last adjustment in March.
Meanwhile, the Tel Aviv
Stock Exchange remained
closed Sunday because of
uncertainty over the effects
of the far- reaching economic
program the Cabinet ap-
proved Thursday. The
bourse announced Friday
that it would suspend
trading while the financial
markets mull over the possi-
ble consequences of the pro-
posed capital gains tax on
profits from the sale of
shares.