... a selfish act. He knew that when things were over, he could live again. Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania. "He was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. Before they were transported, young Elie was a boy after his own heart. He was desperately trying to learn the cabbala ... that this was a trivial event because his son who have to learn to grow up quickly in the next few years in order to learn to survive. Elie and his family were soon in the middle of the Ghetto that was set up in Sighet. One day everybody in the Ghetto was...

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• Grade Level: High School