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Title: Elie Wiesel


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Elie Wiesel
  • Its important to tell your storyYou cannot
    imagine what it meant to spend a night of death
    among death.

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Childhood
  • Born in Romania- September 1928
  • As a child, he was deeply religious and studied
    ancient, mystical Jewish texts.
  • Son of Chlomo and Sarah Wiesel
  • 3 sisters- Hilda and Bea, who were older and
    Tzipora, who was younger

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Holocaust
  • Elies family was taken from April 1944- April
    1945.
  • He was placed in a French orphanage after the
    war.

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After the War
  • Elie went to college, became a professor, and
    wrote books about the Jewish faith
  • He couldnt find the words to discuss the
    Holocaust at first.
  • Many years later, he wrote about his experiences
    in Un di velt hot geshvign (And The World
    Remained Silent). It was 900 pages in Yiddish.

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  • It was translated into French (127 pages) and
    then into English as Night.
  • In 1955, he moved to US and gained citizenship.
  • He married Holocaust survivor, Marion Rose, in
    1969.
  • Won The Nobel Peace Prize in 1986

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  • Oversaw building the US Holocaust Museum.
  • Has spoken before Congress on numerous occasions
    regarding Humane Rights. (Darfur)
  • Went back to Auschwitz with Oprah Winfrey and
    said it would be his last visit

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  • Has received numerous awards for his fight for
    human rights.
  • He was attacked in April 2007 in a hotel by an
    anti-Semite who said that he wanted Wiesel to
    admit that his story was false.
  • He is being tried for attempted kidnapping, elder
    abuse, among many other charges

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  • House where Elie was born in Romania

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  • In 1968

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At 15
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