American Masters · SEASON 40

Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire

Episode 1 · 2026-01-27

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Episode overview

Learn about Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night. After his internment at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp and liberation from Buchenwald, Wiesel became a journalist in France before immigrating to America. Over the course of his life, Wiesel fought the “sin of indifference” by writing, teaching, speaking truth to power and championing for human rights.

84 minutes

Season 40 episodes

1. Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire2026-01-27 2. Sun Ra: Do the Impossible2026-02-14 3. Bella! This Woman's Place Is in the House2026-03-17 4. W.E.B. Du Bois2026-05-19 5. Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World2026-08-25 6. American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez2026-10-06 7. Liz Diller2026-11-24