Wiesel was 'the conscience of the world,' Obama says
Obama visited Buchenwald concentration camp with Wiesel in 2009— the beginning of a long relationship, grounded in their shared commitment to the State of Israel, the president said.
US President Barack Obama hugs Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel as Wiesel introduced him to speak at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, April 23, 2012. (photo credit: REUTERS/JASON REED)ByMICHAEL WILNERUpdated: