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Me Elie Wiesel: A Short Story

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Me Elie Wiesel, my parents, sister Tzipora, and many other Jews have been prohibited from leaving our residences, surrendering any valuables, and forced to wear the yellow star of David, under penalty of death. Two weeks had passed, it was 1944 in the town of Sighet, Transylvania. It was close to midnight. I and other families gathered food and personal belongings into backpacks as German officers arrived into the neighborhoods, yelling “all Jews outside.” The rumors had become true we were being transported to unknown.
We had spent three days walking and running on command until we arrived at the trains. The car was tight and crammed with a bunch of people making it uncomfortable and giving no space to lay down. We were supplied with a few

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