How Did Elie Wiesel's Life Change Throughout The Book Night

Life is full of hopes and promises, but the life of a Jew in Nazi Germany was full of deadly lies and deep sorrow. The Holocaust went on for twelve years, taking the lives of children and adults of all ages without any hesitation. Although six million people were found dead after the end of the Holocaust, there was about nine hundred-thousand survivors, Elie Wiesel included among them. Elie Wiesel’s life was altered at a young age when he endured the cruel pain of losing himself and his family in Auschwitz, but he found his purpose of supporting human rights after a long period of time of living in the borrowed silence of his fellow Jewish brothers. Sighet, a small town in transylvania that was part of Romania following World War I, would

Following the many months after the death of Elie’s father, the liberators made their way into Buchenwald, the camp in which Elie was located, and set all of the prisoners free. As stated by Elie Wiesel, no one thought of revenge or of their hunger, they solely thought of throwing themselves onto the provisions (Wiesel 119). The people who were terrified throughout this entire nightmare, were finally free and did not want to think about the hate that had consumed their captors. After this horrendous journey, Elie was a different man than he was only a year ago. The night had left him scarred mentally and physically. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Elie Wiesel was mute for nearly 10 years, watching the world from a silent point of view after his liberation (Elie Wiesel). Life after liberation was tough, but not completely miserable for he found out that two of his sisters had survived the death camp. Despite the fact that his sisters were alive, Elie became an orphan, but he made the best of his situation. Elie went on to master French, become a Hebrew translator as he was studying at Sorbonne, and later became a writer for the French newspaper L’Arche (Berger). As time went on the silence that Elie had sworn himself to had become too much and he broke it to speak for his dead brothers, who’s stories rested inside of him. Writing and

Elie married a woman by the name of Marion and became a father to a son, Elijah Wiesel. The ominous darkness that fogged the life of Elie Wiesel had begun to alleviate itself and in that new-found light was he able to speak out more clearly against the victims of unfair treatment. According to Joseph Berger, a journalist from the New York Times, throughout Elie Wiesel’s life, over 60 books were published by the year 2015 (Berger). In those 60 books were the stories of those who had faced injustice and those who suffered the pain of judgement. According to Elie Wiesel’s biography, his work went on to win him many awards, including the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Nobel Peace Prize (Elie Wiesel Biography). Although the awards were very prestigious, Elie Wiesel managed to be humble when declaring that the award was for all of his brothers and sisters that had suffered the harsh scrutiny of an unjust society. At the age of 87, Elie Wiesel died but he lived through his writings that will carry on the story of his people for many years. As stated by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in spite of his death, Elie Wiesel will be remembered because the highest award in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is one that is named after him (Elie Wiesel). This award is the highest ranking out of all the awards in the museum because