Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor and author. He was born in 1928 in Romania and survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a teenager. His most famous book, Night, describes his experiences in the concentration camps during World War II and the horrors he witnessed, including the death of his father. After the war, Wiesel became a professor and advocate for human rights, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for raising awareness about the Holocaust. Night is relevant to understanding World War II because it provides a first-hand account of the suffering inflicted upon Jews by the Nazis in the concentration camps.

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3. GUIDE QUESTIONSWho is Elie Wiesel ?

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5. How is NIGHT relevant to World War II ?

6. ELIE WIESEL He was Born as an Orthodox jew on Sept.30,1928 . He grew up in Sighet, Romania. His parents Shlomo and Sarah. He had 3 sisters ,Bea, Hilda and Tsiporah.His world revolved family, religious study, community, and God.

7. He survived the concentration camps with his sisters but their father died.He earned the Nobel Peace Prize ,the Prix Medics, was awarded the Congressional gold medal of achievement, appointed to chair the Presidents on the Holocaust. He established his own humanitarian foundation to explore the problems of hatred and ethnic conflicts. Wiesel has received numerous awards and approximately 75 honorary doctorates.He became a Professor of Judiac studies at the City University of New York.

8. Most of his books were about the sufferings of the Jews during World War II.

9. He was the author of 36 books including NIGHT. He married

10. Marion Erster Rose and had a son , Shlomo Elisha WieselNIGHTNight is a book written by Elie Wiesel that tells about his life, the things he experienced and what happened to him in the concentration camps during World War II. . Night SummaryIn 1944, the German soldiers occupied Sighet . The Germans forced the Jews to wear yellow stars and they raided their houses . The Jews were brought to Aushchwitz where he and his father were sent to be slave laborers. They were then brought to Buna where they endured beatings , hunger and other torture for 8 months. There he was stripped of his name and became identified as A-7713.

11. After 8 months 20,000 inmates were forced on a death march for ten days . They were only 6,000 left when they were sent to Buchenwald . Upon arrival , his father died. As the end of the war approached,the guards told the prisoners that they won’t be fed anymore, and began evacuating the camp.

12. The next morning an underground movement rose from within the camp and attacked the SS guards. Later that night , the first American units arrived and liberated the camp.

13. HOW IS NIGHT RELEVANT TO WORLD WAR II ? Night is relevant to world war II because it tells how the jews suffered in the concentraion camps and what the Nazis did to the Jews.

14. SOURCES:www.wikipedia.orghttp://nobelprize.org/nobel/peace/prize/laureates/1986/wiesel-bio.comhttp://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/wiesel.htmlhttp://www.enotes.com/night-wieselhttp://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/HOLO/Eliebio.htmThe NIGHT Trilogy

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