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Eliezer Wiesel's Story Of The Holocaust

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Holocaust Essay

What was the Holocaust? In 1933 nine million Jews occupied the earth. Most of which lived in Europe. Some of the countries that the Jews lived in were counties the Germany took over (Gilbert). Then by in 1945 Germans had killed almost two out of three Jews living in Europe (Gilbert). The Holocaust was a very terrible time. Many Jews died at the hands of Hitler. One of these very lucky children who survived wrote a story about his life as a Holocaust survivor. His name is Eliezer Wiesel.

EIiezer or Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Romania to Shlomo and Sarah Wiesel (biography.com Editors). He was born into a Jewish family. One his favorite thing to do was to write, that’s why after the

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