A Research Paper On Elie Wiesel

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Elie Wiesel was born on Sighet, Transylvania on September 30, 1928. He grew up with his

three sisters, his mom, and his dad being taught all about Jewish religion. He lived here 15

years of his life. At the age of 15, when World War II was beginning, he and his entire

family were raptured and taken to a concentration camp in Auschwitz. He lived many

years in this concentration; he lived in horrible and inhumane conditions. In this camp,

only him, his dad and his two older sister survived meaning that his mother and his

younger sister perished.

After many years in Auschwitz, he and his father were taken to another concentration

camp; this time it was in Buchenwald in the year 1945. Being in this place, his father

perished and

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