ELIE WIESEL ( Pronounced Eh-lee Wee-zel) Holocaust survivor and author of “Night”

H OME He lived in a town named Sighet in Transylvania (Northern Romania – then ruled by Hungary) This is the house Wiesel was born in, and he lived there until he was 15.

H IS TOWN Sighet, Hungary

15,500 OF THE 15,500 JEWS DEPORTED FROM SIGHET WITH WIESEL IN 1944, 2,000 ONLY 2,000 RETURNED AFTER THE WAR.

F AMILY  Wiesel was born to his father, Shlomo and mother, Sarah Frig Wiesel.  Elie is the third of four children  He has two older sisters, Hilda, the oldest, and Bea, the second oldest  His little sister’s name is Tzipora

Shlomo Wiesel, Elie’s father

Wiesel with his mother, and two older sisters

Hilda and Mother

Tzipora, mother, and Elie

W IESEL AGE 15, JUST BEFORE BEING DEPORTED

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