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Extraction Summary
5
People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Book manuscript / memoir draft / legal exhibit
File Size:
2.32 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a manuscript or memoir written by Alan Dershowitz, bearing a House Oversight Bates stamp. It details Dershowitz's admiration for and relationship with Elie Wiesel, highlighting Wiesel's universal humanitarian work and a specific compliment Wiesel paid Dershowitz in 1982. The text also recounts a dinner party at the Wiesel home in New York attended by French President François Mitterrand.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Alan Dershowitz | Author/Narrator |
The narrator of the text, identified by the quote where Elie Wiesel refers to 'people like Alan Dershowitz' when pres...
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| Elie Wiesel | Subject |
Holocaust survivor and activist being profiled by the author.
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| Marianne Wiesel | Spouse |
Wife of Elie Wiesel, hosted a dinner in New York.
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| François Mitterrand | French President |
Guest at a dinner at the Wiesel home in New York.
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| Hitler | Historical Figure |
Mentioned in the context of the Holocaust.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Anti-Defamation League |
Organization that presented the William O. Douglas Award to the author in 1982.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Referenced in the Bates stamp (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT).
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Timeline (2 events)
1982
Presentation of the William O. Douglas Award by the Anti-Defamation League.
Unknown
19__ (Incomplete date)
Intimate dinner at the Wiesel home with French President François Mitterrand.
New York, Elie Wiesel's home
Elie Wiesel
Marianne Wiesel
Alan Dershowitz
François Mitterrand
British translator
Two other couples
Locations (6)
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Location of Elie and Marianne Wiesel's home where a dinner took place.
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Mentioned regarding conflict and suffering.
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Mentioned regarding terrorized Muslims.
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Mentioned regarding massacres.
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Mentioned regarding massacres.
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Mentioned regarding geopolitical conflict.
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Relationships (2)
Worked closely together on issues; sought advice; invited to home for dinner.
Referred to as 'Elie and his wife, Marianne'.
Key Quotes (2)
"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am for myself alone what am I? And if not now, when?"Source
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Quote #1
"If there had been a few people like Alan Dershowitz during the 1930's and 1940's, the history of European Jewry might have been different."Source
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Quote #2
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