Elie Wiesel, a Jewish Romanian-American writer, he is the author of the bestselling book "Night,” and he has a strong sense of moral responsibility for the people fighting racism and hatred. He is a Holocaust survivor, Wiesel survived Auschwitz, and many other concentration camps that he was sent to. After the liberation of the camps in April 1945, Wiesel spent a couple of years in an orphanage in France where he later studied in Paris. Wiesel lost his parents in his early childhood. He was 15 years old at the time and was separated from his mother and sister as soon as they got to Auschwitz, he never saw them again. Wiesel managed to remain with his father for the next year as they were worked almost to death, starved, beaten, and moved …show more content…
One time, Wiesel received 25 lashes of the whip for a minor violation. In the last months of the war, Wiesel's father died due to the extreme conditions, leaving Elie Wiesel alone. However, he later emerged as a writer and eventually settled in America. Elie Wiese was persuaded to write his experiences of the Holocaust which he did in his book "Night". In his later life, Wiesel emerged as a political activist and humanitarian and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for voicing his concern about the “global crisis of humanity”. He has written over 40 books along with Night, a very famous book over his Holocaust experience, it was published in 1960. He has also written speeches about is experiences and wise knowledge, receiving numerous awards and honors including the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Elie Wiesel gave a very passionate speech at White House in 1999 hosted by President Bill Clinton and Lady Hillary Clinton. His speech is called “Perils of Indifference” and in it he explains how the world turned its back on him and his