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<H1 id=firstHeading lang=en class=firstHeading><SPAN dir=auto>Stéphane
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colSpan=2><SPAN class=fn>Stéphane Hessel</SPAN></TH></TR>
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<TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" colSpan=2><A class=image
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_Ecologie_closing_rally_regional_elections_2010-03-10_n04.jpg"><IMG
alt="Stéphane Hessel"
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Hessel at a political rally for <A title="Europe Écologie"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_Écologie">Europe Écologie</A>,
March 2010</SPAN></TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Born</TH>
<TD><SPAN class=nickname>Stéphane Frédéric Hessel</SPAN><BR>20 October
1917<BR><SPAN class=birthplace><A title=Berlin
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin">Berlin</A>, <A
title="German Empire"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire">Germany</A></SPAN></TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Died</TH>
<TD>26 February 2013 (aged 95)</TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Residence</TH>
<TD><A title=Paris href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris">Paris</A>, <A
title=France href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France">France</A></TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Citizenship</TH>
<TD class=category>French</TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Occupation</TH>
<TD class=role>Diplomat, ambassador</TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Years active</TH>
<TD>1946-2013</TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Known for</TH>
<TD>Human rights advocacy<BR><A title="French Resistance"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance">French
Resistance</A> fighter<BR><A class=mw-redirect title=Buchenwald
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchenwald">Buchenwald</A>
survivor</TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Notable work(s)</TH>
<TD><I><A title="Time for Outrage!"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_for_Outrage!">Time for
Outrage!</A></I><BR>(<I>Indignez-vous!</I>)</TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Spouse(s)</TH>
<TD>Christiane Hessel-Chabry</TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Parents</TH>
<TD>Helen Grund Hessel<BR><A title="Franz Hessel"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Hessel">Franz Hessel</A></TD></TR>
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<TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" scope=row>Awards</TH>
<TD><A class=mw-redirect title="Légion d'honneur"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Légion_d'honneur">Légion
d'honneur</A><BR><A title="Order of Merit"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Merit">Ordre du
Mérite</A><BR><A class=mw-redirect title="North-South Prize"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-South_Prize">North-South
Prize</A><BR><A title=UNESCO
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO">UNESCO</A>/Bilbao
Prize</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P><B>Stéphane Frédéric Hessel</B> (20 October 1917 – 26 February 2013<SUP
id=cite_ref-1 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-1"><SPAN>[</SPAN>1<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>)
was a diplomat, ambassador, writer, <A class=mw-redirect
title="Concentration camp"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp">concentration camp</A>
survivor, <A title="French Resistance"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance">French Resistance</A>
fighter and <A title="Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_Central_de_Renseignements_et_d'Action">BCRA</A>
agent. Born German, he became a <A class=mw-redirect title=Naturalise
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalise">naturalised</A> French citizen in
1939. He participated in the editing of the <A
title="Universal Declaration of Human Rights"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights">Universal
Declaration of Human Rights</A> of 1948. In 2011, he was named by <I><A
title="Foreign Policy"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Policy">Foreign Policy</A></I>
magazine to its list of top global thinkers. In later years, his activism
focused on economic inequalities, protection for the post-WW2 social vision. and
the palestinian conflict. His short book "Time for Outrage" (fr: Indignez-vous!)
was a surprising success with 4.5 millions copies sold worldwild. Hessel and his
book were linked and cited as as an inspiration for Spanish <A class=mw-redirect
title=Indignados href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indignados">Indignados</A>
(<A class=new title="M15 movment (page does not exist)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M15_movment&action=edit&redlink=1">M15
movment</A>), US <A class=mw-redirect title="Occupy Wall Street movement"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street_movement">Occupy Wall
Street movement</A> and multiple other political movements.</P>
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<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#Early_years"><SPAN
class=tocnumber>1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Early years</SPAN></A>
<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#Second_World_War_Resistance_fighter"><SPAN
class=tocnumber>2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Second World War Resistance
fighter</SPAN></A>
<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#Human_rights_advocate.2C_diplomat"><SPAN
class=tocnumber>3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Human rights advocate,
diplomat</SPAN></A>
<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#Time_for_Outrage.21"><SPAN
class=tocnumber>4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext><I>Time for
Outrage!</I></SPAN></A>
<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#Engagez-Vous.21"><SPAN
class=tocnumber>5</SPAN> <SPAN
class=toctext><I>Engagez-Vous!</I></SPAN></A>
<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#Publications"><SPAN
class=tocnumber>6</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Publications</SPAN></A>
<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#References"><SPAN
class=tocnumber>7</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>References</SPAN></A>
<LI class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#External_links"><SPAN
class=tocnumber>8</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>External
links</SPAN></A></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<H2><SPAN id=Early_years class=mw-headline>Early years</SPAN></H2>
<P>Hessel was born in <A title=Berlin
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin">Berlin</A>, the son of Helen (née
Grund), a journalist, and writer <A title="Franz Hessel"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Hessel">Franz Hessel</A>, who inspired
the characters of Jules and Kathe in <A class=mw-redirect
title="Henri-Pierre Roche"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Pierre_Roche">Henri-Pierre Roche</A>'s
novel <I><A title="Jules and Jim"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_and_Jim">Jules and Jim</A></I><SUP
id=cite_ref-nation_2-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nation-2"><SPAN>[</SPAN>2<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
(Kathe was called Catherine in the subsequent film adaptation by <A
title="François Truffaut"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Truffaut">François Truffaut</A>).
His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants who joined the Lutheran church,
and his mother was from a Christian family.<SUP id=cite_ref-3 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-3"><SPAN>[</SPAN>3<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
Hessel <A class=mw-redirect title=Emigrate
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emigrate">emigrated</A> to <A title=Paris
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris">Paris</A> with his parents in
1924.<SUP id=cite_ref-sh-ee_4-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-sh-ee-4"><SPAN>[</SPAN>4<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
Having received his <A title=Baccalauréat
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccalauréat">baccalauréat</A> when 15 years
old, he was admitted in 1938 to the <A title="École Normale Supérieure"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/École_Normale_Supérieure">École Normale
Supérieure</A><SUP id=cite_ref-Monde_intel_5-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-Monde_intel-5"><SPAN>[</SPAN>5<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>.
He became a naturalized French citizen in 1939,<SUP id=cite_ref-sh-ee_4-1
class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-sh-ee-4"><SPAN>[</SPAN>4<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
before being mobilized later that year into the French army in <A
class=mw-redirect title="Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole">Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole</A>.</P>
<H2><SPAN id=Second_World_War_Resistance_fighter class=mw-headline>Second World
War Resistance fighter</SPAN></H2>
<P>Refusing to adhere to the <A class=mw-redirect title="Vichy government"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_government">Vichy government</A> of
Marshal <A title="Philippe Pétain"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Pétain">Philippe Pétain</A>, Hessel
fled to <A title=London href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London">London</A>
and joined General <A title="Charles de Gaulle"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</A>'s
group of Resistance fighters in 1941,<SUP id=cite_ref-nation_2-1
class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nation-2"><SPAN>[</SPAN>2<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP
id=cite_ref-nyt_6-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nyt-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
becoming a member of the Free French intelligence service (<A class=mw-redirect
title="Bureau central de renseignement et d'action"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_central_de_renseignement_et_d'action">Bureau
central de renseignement et d'action</A>).<SUP id=cite_ref-Monde_intel_5-1
class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-Monde_intel-5"><SPAN>[</SPAN>5<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
He returned to France, to organize Resistance communication networks in advance
of the 1944 <A class=mw-redirect title="Allied invasion of France"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_France">Allied invasion of
France</A>.<SUP id=cite_ref-nation_2-2 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nation-2"><SPAN>[</SPAN>2<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
He was captured by the <A title=Gestapo
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestapo">Gestapo</A> and later deported to
the <A title="Buchenwald concentration camp"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchenwald_concentration_camp">Buchenwald</A>
and <A class=mw-redirect title="Dora concentration camp"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_concentration_camp">Dora concentration
camps</A>, where he was <A title=Torture
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture">tortured</A> by <A
title=Waterboarding
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding">waterboarding</A>.<SUP
id=cite_ref-nyt_6-1 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nyt-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
Hessel, <A title="F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._F._E._Yeo-Thomas">F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas</A>,
and <A title="Harry Peulevé"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Peulevé">Harry Peulevé</A> escaped
execution at Buchenwald through the help of <A title="Eugen Kogon"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Kogon">Eugen Kogon</A> and <A
title="Alfred Balachowsky"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Balachowsky">Alfred Balachowsky</A>,
who exchanged their identities with three prisoners who had died of typhus.<SUP
id=cite_ref-nyt_6-2 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nyt-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP
id=cite_ref-Marshall_7-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-Marshall-7"><SPAN>[</SPAN>7<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
Hessel tried unsuccessfully to escape from Dora, but was able to avoid being <A
title=Lagerordnung href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagerordnung">hanged in
reprisal</A>. He later escaped during a transfer to <A
title="Bergen-Belsen concentration camp"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp">Bergen-Belsen
concentration camp</A>,<SUP id=cite_ref-nation_2-3 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nation-2"><SPAN>[</SPAN>2<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
and went to <A class=mw-redirect title=Hannover
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannover">Hannover</A>, where he met the
advancing troops of the United States Army.</P>
<H2><SPAN id=Human_rights_advocate.2C_diplomat class=mw-headline>Human rights
advocate, diplomat</SPAN></H2>
<P>After the war, Hessel was secretary to a committee involved in editing the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.<SUP id=cite_ref-sh-ee_4-2
class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-sh-ee-4"><SPAN>[</SPAN>4<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP
id=cite_ref-8 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-8"><SPAN>[</SPAN>8<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP
id=cite_ref-9 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-9"><SPAN>[</SPAN>9<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
In 1962, he created the Association for Training in Africa and Madagascar
(AFTAM) and became its first president.<SUP id=cite_ref-10 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-10"><SPAN>[</SPAN>10<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
In August 1982, Hessel was appointed for three years to the <A class=new
title="Haute Autorité de la communication audiovisuelle (page does not exist)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haute_Autorit%C3%A9_de_la_communication_audiovisuelle&action=edit&redlink=1">Haute
Autorité de la communication audiovisuelle</A>, the French <A
title="Regulatory agency"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_agency">regulatory agency</A> for
<A class=mw-redirect title=Audio-visual
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio-visual">audio-visual</A> communication.
Hessel continued to hold a <A class=mw-redirect title="Diplomatic passport"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_passport">diplomatic passport</A>,
having been named an "ambassador for life".<SUP id=cite_ref-nyt_6-3
class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nyt-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P>
<P>He was a member of the French division of the <A
title="International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Decade_for_the_Promotion_of_a_Culture_of_Peace_and_Non-Violence_for_the_Children_of_the_World">International
Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children
of the World</A> and was a founding member of the <A
title="Collegium International"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegium_International">Collegium
International</A><SUP id=cite_ref-11 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-11"><SPAN>[</SPAN>11<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
and served as vice president. He was a member of the <A
title="Commission nationale consultative des droits de l'homme"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_nationale_consultative_des_droits_de_l'homme">Commission
nationale consultative des droits de l'homme</A> and the <A class=new
title="Haut Conseil de la coopération internationale (page does not exist)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haut_Conseil_de_la_coop%C3%A9ration_internationale&action=edit&redlink=1">Haut
Conseil de la coopération internationale</A>.</P>
<P>In 2003, along with other former Resistance fighters, he signed the petition
"For a Treaty of a Social Europe" and in August 2006, he was a signatory to an
appeal against the <A title="2006 Lebanon War"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War">Israeli air-strikes in
Lebanon</A>. The appeal, made by the French member organization of <A
title="European Jews for a Just Peace"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Jews_for_a_Just_Peace">European Jews
for a Just Peace</A>, was published in <I><A title=Libération
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libération">Libération</A></I> and other
French newspapers.<SUP id=cite_ref-12 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-12"><SPAN>[</SPAN>12<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P>
<P>In 2004, he was awarded the <A class=mw-redirect title="North-South Prize"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-South_Prize">North-South Prize</A> by
the <A title="Council of Europe"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe">Council of Europe</A>.<SUP
id=cite_ref-nation_2-4 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nation-2"><SPAN>[</SPAN>2<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
That same year, he participated in the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of
the <A class=mw-redirect title="National Council of Resistance"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of_Resistance">National
Council of Resistance</A> of 15 March 1944, which urged the younger generations
to live by and pass on the legacy of the Resistance and its ideals of economic,
social and cultural democracy.</P>
<P>On 14 July 2006, Hessel was made <A class=mw-redirect
title="Légion d'honneur"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Légion_d'honneur">Grand Officier de la Légion
d'honneur</A>,<SUP id=cite_ref-biblio_13-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-biblio-13"><SPAN>[</SPAN>13<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
having already been given the <A title="Order of Merit"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Merit">Grand Cross of the Order of
Merit</A> in 1999.</P>
<P>Hessel called for the French government to make funds available to provide
housing for the homeless<SUP id=cite_ref-biblio_13-1 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-biblio-13"><SPAN>[</SPAN>13<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
and denounced the French government's failure to comply with <A
title="Universal Declaration of Human Rights"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights#Human_rights_set_out_in_the_Declaration">Article
25</A> of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the <A class=mw-redirect
title="Place de la Republique"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_de_la_Republique">Place de la
Republique</A> on 21 February 2008.</P>
<P>On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10
December 2008, Hessel received the <A title=UNESCO
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO">UNESCO</A>/Bilbao Prize for the
Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights.<SUP id=cite_ref-nation_2-5
class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nation-2"><SPAN>[</SPAN>2<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP
id=cite_ref-14 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-14"><SPAN>[</SPAN>14<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
Hessel also received the United Nations Association of Spain Peace Prize Award
2008.<SUP id=cite_ref-15 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-15"><SPAN>[</SPAN>15<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P>
<P>On 5 January 2009, Hessel criticized the <A title="Gaza War"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War">Israeli military attacks</A> in the
<A class=mw-redirect title="Gaza strip"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_strip">Gaza strip</A>, saying "In fact,
the word that applies—that should be applied—is '<A title="War crime"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime">war crime</A>' and even '<A
class=mw-redirect title="Crime against humanity"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_against_humanity">crime against
humanity</A>'.<SUP id=cite_ref-16 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-16"><SPAN>[</SPAN>16<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
But this word must be used carefully, especially when one is in <A title=Geneva
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva">Geneva</A>, the seat of the <A
class=mw-redirect title="High Commissioner for Human Rights"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights">High
Commissioner for Human Rights</A>, who may have an important opinion on that
issue. For my part, having visited Gaza, having seen the refugee camps with
thousands of children, the manner in which they are bombed appears as a
veritable crime against humanity."</P>
<P>In 2011, Hessel was named by <I><A title="Foreign Policy"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Policy">Foreign Policy</A></I>
magazine to its list of top global thinkers "[f]or bringing the spirit of the
French Resistance to a global society that has lost its heart."<SUP
id=cite_ref-17 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-17"><SPAN>[</SPAN>17<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P>
<H2><SPAN id=Time_for_Outrage.21 class=mw-headline><I>Time for
Outrage!</I></SPAN></H2>
<P>In October 2010, his essay, <I><A title="Time for Outrage!"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_for_Outrage!">Time for Outrage!</A></I>
(original <A title="French language"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language">French</A> title:
<I>Indignez-vous!</I>), was published in an <A title="Edition (book)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edition_(book)">edition</A> of 6,000 copies
(<A class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781455509720">ISBN
978-1455509720</A> ). It has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide<SUP
id=cite_ref-18 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-18"><SPAN>[</SPAN>18<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
and has been translated into Swedish, Danish, Basque, Catalan,<SUP
id=cite_ref-19 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-19"><SPAN>[</SPAN>19<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
Italian,<SUP id=cite_ref-nyt_6-4 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nyt-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
German.<SUP id=cite_ref-sh-ee_4-3 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-sh-ee-4"><SPAN>[</SPAN>4<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
Greek, Portuguese,<SUP id=cite_ref-nyt_6-5 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nyt-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
<A class=mw-redirect title="Slovenian language"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenian_language">Slovenian</A>,<SUP
id=cite_ref-20 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-20"><SPAN>[</SPAN>20<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
Spanish,<SUP id=cite_ref-nyt_6-6 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nyt-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
Croatian, Hebrew,<SUP id=cite_ref-21 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-21"><SPAN>[</SPAN>21<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
Korean,<SUP id=cite_ref-22 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-22"><SPAN>[</SPAN>22<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
and Dutch. Translations into Japanese, Hungarian, and other languages are
planned. In the United States, <I>The Nation</I> magazine's March 7–14, 2011
issue published the entire essay in English.<SUP id=cite_ref-nyt_6-7
class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nyt-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP
id=cite_ref-23 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-23"><SPAN>[</SPAN>23<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P>
<P>Hessel's booklet argues that the French need to again become outraged, as
were those who participated in the Resistance during World War II. Hessel's
reasons for personal outrage include the growing gap between the very rich and
the very poor, France's treatment of its <A class=mw-redirect
title="Illegal immigrant"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigrant">illegal immigrants</A>,
the need to re-establish a <A title="Freedom of the press"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press">free press</A>, the
need to protect the environment, importance of protecting the French <A
title="Welfare state" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_state">welfare
system</A>,<SUP id=cite_ref-nyt_6-8 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-nyt-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
and the plight of <A title="Palestinian people"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_people">Palestinians</A>,
recommending that people read the September 2009 <A
title="United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Fact_Finding_Mission_on_the_Gaza_Conflict#Report">Goldstone
Report</A>.<SUP id=cite_ref-ramonet_24-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-ramonet-24"><SPAN>[</SPAN>24<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
He calls for peaceful and non-violent insurrection.<SUP id=cite_ref-ramonet_24-1
class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-ramonet-24"><SPAN>[</SPAN>24<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P>
<P>In 2011, one of the names given to the <A class=mw-redirect
title="2011–2012 Spanish protests"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–2012_Spanish_protests">Spanish
protests</A> against corruption and bipartisan politics was <I>Los
Indignados</I> (<I>The Outraged</I>), taken from the title of the book's
translation there (<I>¡Indignaos!</I>). These protests, in conjunction with the
<A title="Arab Spring" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring">Arab
Spring</A>, later helped to inspire other protests in many countries, including
<A class=mw-redirect title="2010–2011 Greek protests"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010–2011_Greek_protests">Greece</A>, <A
title="2011 United Kingdom anti-austerity protests"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_anti-austerity_protests">UK</A>,
<A class=mw-redirect title="2011 Chilean protests"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Chilean_protests">Chile</A>, <A
title="2011 Israeli middle class protests"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Israeli_middle_class_protests">Israel</A>,
and <A title="Occupy Wall Street"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street">Occupy Wall Street</A>
which began in <A title="Wall Street"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street">New York's financial
district</A>, but <A title="List of Occupy movement protest locations"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Occupy_movement_protest_locations">has
now spread</A> across the United States and numerous other countries. Ongoing <A
class=mw-redirect title="2011 Mexican protests"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mexican_protests">protests in Mexico</A>
challenging corruption, drug cartel violence, economic hardship and policies
also have been called the Indignados.<SUP id=cite_ref-25 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-25"><SPAN>[</SPAN>25<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P>
<H2><SPAN id=Engagez-Vous.21 class=mw-headline><I>Engagez-Vous!</I></SPAN></H2>
<P>After "Time for Outrage", Stéphane Hessel published <I>Engagez-Vous!</I>
("Get Involved!"), written with the young French journalist Gilles Vanderpooten.
In it "Stephane Hessel appeals to his readers to save the environment and to
embrace the positive. He also emphasizes the importance of good luck in
life".<SUP id=cite_ref-The_New_York_Times_26-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Hessel#cite_note-The_New_York_Times-26"><SPAN>[</SPAN>26<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
The book was a success in France and became a bestseller. It was translated into
15 foreign languages, from Europe to Asia and South
America.</P></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>