July 5, 2016
The funeral for Elie Wiesel was a gathering of his family and close friends, held on Sunday at a synagogue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. But outside on East 62nd Street stood people, some in tears, who had never met the man who survived the Holocaust to become a clarion voice for those victims who did not.
Source: Elie Wiesel Is Recalled at Funeral for a Legacy Beyond His Moral Voice - The New York Times