Nobel prize-winning writer Elie Wiesel - a holocaust survivor - was expected to accompany the president to the site. Weisel was once a prisoner at Buchenwald.

• 诺贝尔奖得主、作家威塞尔是大屠杀的幸存者，预计他将陪同奥巴马前往集中营访问。这位作家当年就关在那里。