New York City has renamed an Upper West Side street after Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate who passed away last summer at the age of 87. 
The street sign was unveiled in an inaugural ceremony on the southwest corner of 84th Street and Central Park West.
Mayor DeBlasio called Wiesel "perhaps the most eloquent voice for peace in our world," and added that "New York City is proud to honor his memory."
Wiesel was born in 1928 in the Transylvanian town of Sighet, now part of Romania, and was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp when he 15 years old.
Elie Wiesel died on July 2, 2016. In his eulogy, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder called Wiesel “a beacon of light” and said the Jewish world “owes him an enormous debt of gratitude.” Wiesel was honored by the World Jewish Congress in 2010, with the Guardian of Jerusalem Prize, and in 2013, with the World Jewish Congress’ highest honor, the Theodor Herzl Award.
