![Elie Wiesel became Founding Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in 1980. [LCID: 0699]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/84d0ca8e-54e3-4429-808e-23283080eca9.jpg)
Elie Wiesel became Founding Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in 1980. Here, he speaks at a ceremony held during the Tribute to Holocaust Survivors, one of the Museum's tenth anniversary events. Flags of US Army liberating divisions form the backdrop to the ceremony. Washington, DC, November 2003.
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