Elie Wiesel received the Nobel Peace prize on December 10th, 1986 in Oslo. As a teenager years he was deported to Auschwitz death camp with his mother, father, and sisters. Unfortunately he was the only one who survived The Holocaust. His experiences during The Holocaust have shaped him to be the man he is, he is a very successful author and an inspiration to all people. He overcame the obstacles of harsh winters, little to no food, losing faith in his God, and the loss of all his loved ones, after the war he said in his book Night that he looked in the mirror for the first time in a few years and saw a dying man. Elie Wiesel was also given the opportunity to give a speech in front of President Clinton, first lady Hillary Clinton, and members of the congress, about his difficult …show more content…
Both speeches are about Elie Wiesel's troublesome obstacles during World War Two and how he was able to get over them and move on with his life, but ¨never forget.¨ The common theme is not to have indifference because it can cause tragedie to reoccur.
On December 10th, 1986 Elie Wiesel stepped up to the podium in Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Wiesel feels as though he is accepting the award for both the living, and dead people who were captured and deported to any of the death camps. He was a very religious young boy who focused on prayers and his God more than anything else, and then he got deported to the Auschwitz death camp, which made him leave everything he ever believed about his religion, and God behind. He could not believe that God would put him in such a terrible position, watching dozens of people he used to be friends with get brutally beaten, starved and even watching them walk to the crematorium awaiting their certain death. After a while Elie