ELIE WIESEL

EARLY LIFE

• Elie was born September 30, 1928.
• He was born in Sight, Transylvania.
• He and his family are Jewish.
• He pursued Jewish religious studies.
• When he was 15, he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz.

TIME AT THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS

• When he and his family got to Auschwitz, they were separated.
• His mom and younger sister died on their first day at Auschwitz.
• Him and his dad stuck together at Auschwitz.
• Him and his dad worked at the labor camp Buna at Auschwitz.
• His older sisters survived, but not much is known about their time there.

TIME AT CONCENTRATION CAMPS (2)

• He and his father were transported to Buchenwald by train.
• While on the train, his father died of starvation.
• His father died close to the release of the Jews and the end of the war.
• Elie survived the concentration camp.

WRITING CAREER

• After leaving the concentration camp, he moved to Paris, France.
• In Paris, he studied at Sorbonne. He studied literature, philosophy, and psychology.
• He was a journalist in Paris, France.
• He wrote the book La Nuit (Night) as a memoir of his time at the concentration camps and it was released in 30 languages.
• He wrote more than 60 books and more than 30 books about the concentration camps.

LIFE IN NYC

• Elie moved to New York City.
• He became a United States citizen.
• He was hit by a taxi.

LIFE AS A PROFESSOR

• Elie became a university professor.
• He has been a Andrew Mellon Professor of Humanities at Boston University.
• He likes to teach.

LIVE AS AN ACTIVIST

• Wiesel is a human rights activist.
• He is an international activist, orator, and figure of peace.
• Elie took an interest in the plight of persecuted Jews in the Soviet Union.
• He has defended many racial problems mostly in Africa.
• He and his wife Marion established the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity.

AWARDS AND HONORS

• He was appointed by President Carter as the chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust.
• He became the Founding Chairmen of the Holocaust Memorial Council.
• He received the Noble Peace Prize.
• Wiesel was awarded U.S Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honor's Grand Croix.
• He became an unofficial spokesperson of survivors of the Holocaust.

WORK sITE

• Wiesel, Elie. Elie Wiesel Foudation. http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/eliewiesel.aspx. 11/5/13
• Wiesel, Elie. Noble Prize. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-bio.html. 11/5/13
• Biography. http://www.biography.com/people/elie-wiesel-9530714. 11/6/13
• Academy of Achievement. 10/25/10 . http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1. 11/6/10