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Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel. Author of Night , A Holocaust Memoir. Elie’s Life. Born an Orthodox Jew on 9/30/1928. Grew up in Sighet , Romania. Parents: Shlomo and Sarah Sisters: Bea, Hilda, Tsiporah Focused on family, religious study, community, and God as an adolescent. Holocaust Experience.

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Elie Wiesel

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  1. Elie Wiesel Author of Night, A Holocaust Memoir

  2. Elie’s Life • Born an Orthodox Jew on 9/30/1928. • Grew up in Sighet, Romania. • Parents: Shlomo and Sarah • Sisters: Bea, Hilda, Tsiporah • Focused on family, religious study, community, and God as an adolescent.

  3. Holocaust Experience 1944: Ghetto in Sighet 1944: Deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau - Tattooed A-7713 - Separated from mother and sisters 1944: Sent to attached work camp, Buna (subcamp) - Worked there for 8 months January 29, 1945: moved to Buchenwald April 11, 945: Liberated

  4. Elie at Buchenwald

  5. After the War… • For 10 years, wouldn’t write about his experiences – couldn’t find words • Draft 1: 900 pages in Yiddish • Draft 2: 127 pages in French • 2006: over 30 languages + Oprah’s Book Club! • Became #1 on NY Times Bestseller’s in 2006 • Won Nobel Peace Prize in 1986

  6. In Recent Years... September 2006 – UN Security Council With George Clooney about Darfur May 24, 2006 – Auschwitz with Oprah November 2006 – Honorary knighthood in London for Holocaust awareness June 2009 – Accomanies Obama to Buchenwald with German Chancellor

  7. Questions • Recall: How long did it take before Elie could begin writing about his experiences? • Analyze: Why do you think it took Elie so long to be able to write about his story? • Connect: How is Elie’s struggle unique? How is it similar to many others’ struggles, through the Holocaust and other historical genocide?

  8. Answers • Recall: How long did it take before Elie could begin writing about his experiences? • 10 years • Analyze: Why do you think it took Elie so long to be able to write about his story? • He couldn’t find the words; it seems like something so terrible must have been surreal to him, not to mention traumatic. Reliving his time at the camp and the loss of his family would be extremely painful. • Connect: How is Elie’s struggle unique? How is it similar to many others’ struggles, through the Holocaust and other historical genocide? • He lost his own family and had his own mental struggles throughout his journey. Yet he did follow a journey that many other Jews followed – both physically and spiritually. He reminds me of Valentino in some ways, questioning his faith and having a hard time writing about the whole experience.

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