Elie Wiesel feat. Chelsea

Elie Wiesel

         World War II is known for being one of the most devastating, costly events in history. With an unstable Germany on the rise lead by Adolf Hitler, many lost their lives to what most today see as one of the most catastrophic incidents to ever happen. Elie Wiesel, current day writer and Nobel Prize winner, is most known for his works on his survival of the Holocaust in World War II. Wiesel, at a young age, was taken from his Jewish home in Transylvania (later to be named Romania) and moved to concentration camps with his family. Being one of the active survivors of the Holocaust, he has given speeches, written books, and taught about his experiences and hardships. His most known work, La Nuit, was published in 1958 and was the first to include his memories during the war. After having such success with the first book, he continued on to write forty more books with the same basic information and experiences included in the previous, educating people around the world of the encounters commonly found during the Holocaust.

            Wiesel’s purpose for sharing his knowledge with the world is to inform and educate everyone of the struggles and hardships that people experienced during the war, specifically in the perspective of the Jews. Thanks to his survival and writing skills, Wiesel has published over forty books, delivered speeches, and taught classes about the Holocaust, as well as events that lead up and followed. He also does classes and seminars on Jewish practices and studies for those who want to learn more. Thanks to his activism in today’s society, people can learn more about the Holocaust and World War II, as well as the impact it could have on an individual if something like this were to reoccur.

Bibliography:

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• "Elie Wiesel Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2014. http://www.biography.com/people/elie-wiesel-9530714?page=1

• "The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity." The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2014. http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/eliewiesel.aspx