The second world war (WWII) was one of the most widespread and deadliest wars. This lasted for six years from 1939 to 1945. During this war, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, causing the Holocaust. Because of this, more than fifty million military and civilians died. At the time, Elie Wiesel was fifteen years old when him and his family were forced to leave their home. Elie Wiesel was one of the few Jews that survived the Holocaust, and later on wrote the memoir Night. In this book, he explains the experiences he lived through in the concentration camps. Three years after the Holocaust ended, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to prevent these violent acts from happening