"Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel was a Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel

Joe was born in Detroit and then moved to Las Vegas in attempts to become a chef. He then taught classes at UNLV in the School of Hotel Management. Joe also talks about his career in the gaming industry in Las Vegas, Nevada.