Brave People By Elie Wiesel Character Analysis

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During the occupation by the army of Nazi Germany in France, in the years, 1940-1944, occurred the events narrated in this novel. French Government collaborating with the Nazis began to arrest and deports Jews. Characters are products of the author’s fiction, the situations inspired by true events, and devastating experiences suffered by children during that period. To escape from the French police, the French Militia, and the Gestapo during the Shoah thousands of Jew's children in France must hides.
The majority of children hidden in France could survive the Holocaust, Shoah. Saved from the Nazi extermination, thanks the support of Jews organizations, the Jewish resistance, and French resistance groups. Brave people, from all walks of life, and religious creeds risked their lives to save them.
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They separated from his family and leaving behind everything that was his life up to that day.
Their story, it's an account, of hope and faith. It will lead them to Switzerland, despite all the tribulations, horrific adventures, vicissitudes, sadness, pain, anguish and fear from falling the Nazis hands. Additionally, love the three brothers and a story of courageous and generous people who saved

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