| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Number: | 39 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Elie Wiesel |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1928 |
| Year, Death: | 2016 |
| Country: | ROMANIA (RO) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1986 | |
| Motivation: | Elie Wiesel was nominated for turning his own personal experiences as a prisoner of the Nazis into a vehicle for enlarging the world's understanding of that tragic era. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Henry M Jackson |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |