Professor Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author of “Night,” will speak tonight at UF. Hosted by Accent Speaker’s Bureau and Jewish Awareness Month, Wiesel will speak about his experiences in the Auschwitz concentration camp and his career as an author.
The program starts at 8 p.m. at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Doors will open at 7 p.m. Student tickets are free and can be picked up from noon to 6 p.m. at the box office. General admission tickets will be distributed at 7 p.m.
Accent Chairman Josh Holtzman said Wiesel was chosen to speak because his message is not limited to the Jewish community.
“It’s a message of understanding and facing the challenges of humanity and knowing the best and worst that people are capable of,” said the 22-year-old UF history and political science senior.
Wiesel is being paid $53,000, and Accent is paying $35,000 of that. The rest of the money is coming from Jewish Awareness Month, Holtzman said.
Ari Sokolov, a 20-year-old UF environmental science junior, will be in attendance.
“He is a living part of history,” he said.
Contact Alexa Volland at avolland@alligator.org.
