Research Paper On Night By Elie Wiesel

In its biography of Elie Wiesel, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum writes about his experiences during the Holocaust. After the war, Wiesel studied in Paris and eventually became a journalist there. For almost a decade, he remained silent about what he had endured as an inmate in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald camps. A few years later, during an interview with the French writer François Mauriac in 1954, Wiesel was persuaded to end that silence. He subsequently wrote La Nuit (Night). Wiesel wrote over 40 inspiring books after his experience in the Holocaust. “...Wiesel describes the mental and physical anguish he and his fellow prisoners experienced as they were stripped of their humanity by the brutal camp conditions” (Holocaust Memorial Museum para 10). This quote shows

Talking about peace made him a well-known thinker, writer and spokesperson who let him know what he and others went through. Weisel also explains in his own words that never remaining silent speaks to those who suffer. Later, after writing many inspiring books, he became an activist, speaker and teacher who denounced injustice and persecution. He spoke to give recognition to those who suffered alongside him in the camps and have a voice for them. “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides.” (BU staff para 3). Elie Wiesel's speeches remind us, young and old, that we can make a difference in the smallest way. It motivates people not to remain silent when others suffer. Weseil proved to do his life's work in portraying the suffering that the genocide caused. His actions led Elie Wiesel to become the founding chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and to become better known for its importance. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum states the support and remembrance Weasel received after writing his