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EliE WIESEL

EliE WIESEL. Author/Teacher/ SURVIVOR. childhood. Born on September 30, 1928 in Sighet , Transylvania (Present-day Romania) Had powerful religious influences from his grandfather, Reb Dodye Very family, religion, and community oriented

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EliE WIESEL

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  1. EliE WIESEL Author/Teacher/SURVIVOR

  2. childhood • Born on September 30, 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania (Present-day Romania) • Had powerful religious influences from his grandfather, RebDodye • Very family, religion, and community oriented • Deported to concentration camp in Poland along with family and all other Jews • Had one younger sister and two older sisters, along with his mother and father

  3. CHILDHOOD • Starting attending Jewish school at three years old • Deported by the Nazis to Auschwitsat age fifteen • Lost his mother and sister, and his two older sisters survived. • He was separated from them, Elie and his father were transferred to Buchenwald. • Father later died in 1945

  4. Elie, his mother, and two older sisters Elie Wiesel- 15 years old

  5. March 1944-Nazi invasion • Forced Jews to wear yellow stars • Closed down Jewish stores (Elie’s parents owned a grocery store) and raided their houses • Thousands of Jews were deported to concentration camps, Elie and his family were deported in one of the last cattle cars

  6. Life in concentration camp • Managed to stay with his father in the concentration camp up until his father died of starvation and exhaustion • Went through: forced labor, forced marches, starvation, disease, and being tortured for about eight months • Walked the Death March in the winter of 1944-1945 after a surgery on his right knee, it lasted ten days. • Out of 20,00 people, only 6,000 survived, Elie was one of the lucky ones • Had to witness hangings and other tortures of fellow Jews • Stripped of personal identity and became: A-7713

  7. Life in concentration camp • Constantly moved around from camp to camp by foot or open cattle cars • Never had proper shoes or clothing • Went days on end without food or drink • Many men, including Elie, were nothing but skin and bones due to starvation

  8. Life in concentration camp

  9. Post war: SURVIVOR • Found out his two older sisters were still alive • Elie moved to Paris and mastered the French language • Studied philosophy and journalism • Became a teacher of Hebrew • Wrote books, and spoke publically about his experiences in the concentration camps

  10. ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Still makes significant contributions toward the Holocast and world humanities. • Wrote over 50 fiction and non fiction books: including: Night (1960), Dawn (1961), Legands of Our Time (1968), and many more! • Won many awards including: Distinguished Professor of Judiac Studies at the City University of New York, Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States Congrssional Gold Medal, Medal of Liberty Award, Nobel Peace Prize, and more

  11. quotes • A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent. • Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair • Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another • Once you bring life into the world, you must protect. We must protect it by changing the world.

  12. Works Cited • "Bibliographies." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Web. 07 Feb. 2011. <http://www.ushmm.org/research/library/bibliography/?content=elie_wiesel>. • "Elie Wiesel." About Judaism. Web. 07 Feb. 2011. <http://judaism.about.com/od/holocaust/p/eliewiesel.htm>. • "Elie Wiesel Biography -- Academy of Achievement." Academy of Achievement Main Menu. Web. 07 Feb. 2011. <http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1>. • Wiesel, Elie, and Marion Wiesel. Night. New York: Hill and Wang, 1985. Print. • Wiesel, Elie. "Elie Wiesel - Biography." Nobelprize.org. Web. 07 Feb. 2011. <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-bio.html>.

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