Nobel Prize winning author condemns world hunger

Nobel laureate and Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel delivered a stirring and poetic speech on world hunger to the International Monetary Fund.

“A human being can live with suffering, but no one should have to live with hunger. It means being subjected to torture, the worst of all kinds.”

Wiesel made haunting observations about the physical and psychological toll hunger takes, describing the eyes of those starving and asking how the world could tolerate such images without losing sleep.

Wiesel said that while he appreciated the efforts of those who study the crisis through pragmatic means, hunger can only be solved by “simple fellow human beings who listen to the call of their own humanity.”

Before closing, Wiesel recounted his own experiences with the threat of starvation. He described his life in Auschwitz, and how they worked, slept, and lived in a constant state of hunger.

“Those of us lucky enough to survive remember that hunger”