Eliezer Wiesel is a 14 year old Jewish boy in 1944.

He lives with his three(3) sisters and parents.

community in the small town of Sighet in Hungarian He lives in a Jewish community in the small town of Sighet in Hungarian Transylvania. http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/poienile/narrow_street_Poieni.jpg Small town Sighet, Hungary

Eliezer likes to learn things so he studies a lot. www.lomist.com/ Eliezer Wiesel Likes to learn

the first of five(5) books He studies the TORAH the first of five(5) books of the Old Testament. http://geohistech.free.fr/Hebreux/Matos/Torah%203.jpg Eliezer studies The Torah

He also studies the CABBALA A doctrine of Jewish Mysticism. noreah.typepad.com/.../06/music_and_magic.html He studies The Cabbala

His teacher is an old, poor, wise man from the village named Moshe the Beadle. http://www.hulubei.net/tudor/photography/O/l/Old-Man-1/Old-Man-1-25.html His old, wise teacher Moshe the Beadle

One day Moshe got expelled from the town. http://isurvived.org/Pictures_iSurvived-3/Poland-Holocaust_BIG.GIF Moshe the Beadle Got kicked out of town

A few months later, Moshe returned to the town. Moshe the Beadle Came back to town

He told everyone about the bad things that happened to him. pratyeka.org/prokudin-gorskii/ He told everyone Bad things happened

He told them that he was shot in the leg and he escaped. www.benbailey.com.au/blog/2004/07/ Shot in the Leg He escaped

He tried to warn everyone that danger was on its way. http://www.agavemedia.no/bilder/artwork/Live/1/Old-man-c-up-1.jpg He warned people About danger

Nobody believed that Moshe was telling the truth. http://www.sidneycarter.net/images/Tell_The_Truth.jpg Nobody Believed him

Soon after that, the German troops came into Hungary and took over. http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/photos/p30/p3/p30348.gif German troops

All of the Jewish people in Sighet were forced into ghettos. http://www.israel-flowers-center.com/articles/images%5Chistory_of_the_holocaust_3.jpg Jewish people In Ghettos

Eliezer’s family was forced into Ghettos. http://www.remember.org/image/378.gif Eliezer’s family In Ghettos

Then, Eliezer’s family and everyone else were herded onto cattle cars on a train. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html Eliezer’s family onto cattle cars

The were on the cramped cars for days without much food. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html Spent days without food

They finally arrived at Birkenau, the gateway to Auschwitz. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/images/Holocaust/a02j.jpg They arrived Birkenau camp

Eliezer and his father were separated from his mother and his sisters and never saw them again. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/hungarrival.html Eliezer and father Never saw mother or sisters again

Eliezer and his father are stripped, shaved, disinfected, and treated very meanly. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html shaved Treated meanly

They are marched from Birkenau to the main camp, Auschwitz. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html Many people Marched to Auschwitz

Since they are both healthy, the are put to work by the Nazi’s. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html healthy Put to work

They are taken to Buna, a work camp. www.wsherc.org/.../Buna-Monowitz%20Factory2.html Eliezer and father Buna, work camp

Eliezer is put to work in an electrical-fittings factory. www.scrapbookpages.com/.../Birkenau01.html Eliezer works Electrical factory

All of the Jews in the camps are treated like slaves and beaten. www.ghwk.de/2006-neu/room14.htm Treated like slaves beaten

One of the mean soldiers makes Eliezer give him his gold tooth. www.nightmarefactory.com/fangs.html Eliezer gives His GOLD tooth

The prisoners are forced to watch their friends and family being hurt by the Nazi’s. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/.../buchpic1.html The prisoners Watch friends getting hurt

Some of the prisoners become worried about their own survival and do mean things to people in they love. www.licopac.org/.../national_issues/index.html Worried Mean

After months in a camp, Eliezer has his foot operated on. www.camnet.com.kh/.../telemedicine_april.htm Eliezer’s foot Operated on

The Nazi’s evacuated camp because the Russians were coming. http://www.britannica.com/eb/art/print?id=58229&articleTypeId=1 Nazi’s evacuate Russians are coming

In the middle of a snowstorm, the prisoners began a death march. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html Snowstorm Prisoners march

After running more than 50 miles to a camp, many of the prisoners died from the harsh weather and exhaustion. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html Prisoners die Bad weather

At Gleiwitz, they were herded into cattle cars once again. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html Prisoners Onto cattle cars

100 One hundred Jews boarded the cars but only 12 lived. One hundred http://img.search.com/thumb/e/e9/Buchenwald.jpg/300px-Buchenwald.jpg One hundred 100 Jewish people

The train went to the concentration camp in Buchenwald. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html Cattle car train Buchenwald

Eliezer’s father dies when they get to Buchenwald. bradydillsworth.com/blog/?m=200602 Eliezer father died

The American Army finally liberated the camp on April 11, 1945. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/.../buchpic1.html American Army Liberated camp

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