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Elie Wiesel
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Published on Nov 18, 2015
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1.
BORN
September 30th, 1928
Born in Sighet Transylvania
Grew up with 3 sisters very religious
Was attacked but never died
He is still alive and goes back to concentration camps to visit
2.
EARLY LIFE
Had 3 siblings- Hilda, beatnce, tzipora
Mother and father- Sarah & shlomo
2 kids survived war, 1 died
His family spoke Yiddish most of time
German, Hungarian and Romanian languages spoken
3.
WORD WAR 2
Wiesel and father sent to attack camp
Remained with father for 8 months
Hard weather, shuffled among 3 concentrations camps
January 29th, 1945 his father was beaten by nazis
Father suffered very badly of exhaustion
4.
ELIE WIESEL IN HOLOCAST
Survived the holocast as he watched millions of other people die
People were told they were going to shower, were really going into gas chambers
Cut their hair off so they wouldn't be able to tell who was who
Squished in trains with dead bodies laying everywhere
Babies thrown up and shot
5.
AFTER THE WAR
Wiesel taught Hebrew and worked as a choirmaster
Wiesel refused to write about his experiences during holocast
Got persuaded to write about experiences
Payed a $100 pro-forma advance
Book sold 1,046 copies over the last next 18 months
6.
LIFE IN UNITED STATES
1955 he moved to New York being a us citizen he was forced to stay
Wiesel wrote over 40 books in the us
Awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1986
Published the two volumes of his memories
Became a popular speaker on the subject of the holocast
7.
RECENT
2006 he traveled to Auschwitz with Oprah Winfrey
2007 awarded the lifetime achievement award
Is a member of international advisory board
Participated in conference at the upper house chamber
Wrote a long, meaningful letter
8.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Jewish heritage- 1975
Grand prize in literature- 1983
Medal of liberty- 1986
Grand officer- 1990
Star of Romania- 2002
9.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Man of year- 2005
Light of truth- 2005
Honorary visiting professor- 2008
Nadav award- 2012
Greatest public service- 2013
10.
CITATIONS
WIESEL ELIE "
ELIEWIESELBIO.COM
" BIOGRAPHY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1928 WEB.
Mackenzie Scherer
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