Political activism Wiesel and his wife, Marion, started the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity in 1986. He served as chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust (later renamed the US Holocaust Memorial Council) from 1978 to 1986, spearheading the building of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.video: 2016 Presidential Tribute to Elie Wiesel , 6 minutes Sigmund Strochlitz was his close friend and confidant during these years.
Political activism Wiesel and his wife, Marion, started the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity in 1986. He served as chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust (later renamed the US Holocaust Memorial Council) from 1978 to 1986 spearheading the building of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.video: 2016 Presidential Tribute to Elie Wiesel , 6 minutes Sigmund Strochlitz was his close friend and confidant during these ye,ars.