Elie Wiesel and His Life Until Just after World War II

"Night"
written by Larry Watson
Eliezer Wiesel
His life until he was Liberated at the end of World War II
Eliezer Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928. He grew up with his parents and his three sisters, Hilda, Bea, and Tzipora, in Sighet, a small town in Romania. While he was growing up everything around him was to do with family, religious studies, Community and God.
When he was only three years old, Elie went to a Jewish school where he learned Hebrew, Bible, and the Talmud. He spent a lot of time talking with Moche the Beadle, who told him about the Messiah and mysteries of Judaism.
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