Why Was Elie Wiesel Important To History

One thing that comes to mind when it comes to Elie Wiesel. Is he important to history or not really? He was in the Holocaust but it never broke him. He is really hard-working and dedicated to tell stories, teach, and defend human rights. When people think of the Holocaust scary and inimaginable things comes to mind and would break people. Elie Wiesel is important to history because Elie Wiesel is important to history because he is a survivor of the Holocaust and wrote stories about the Holocaust.

Elie Wiesel was one of few survivors of the Holocaust. In Night, Wiesel told his readers, “Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky,”(Ushmm). This quote represents his emotional distress. At the young age of 15, Wiesel witnessed horrific actions that scared him for life.

Later in life, he wrote books

Hilda Wiesel was the oldest, then Beatrice “Bea”, Elie was the third and only son, and Tzipora was the youngest. Hilda Wiesel was reunited with Elie after the Holocaust. Bea was also reunited and died in 1974. Hilda and Bea were reunited with Elie in a French orphanage. Elie’s photo was taken by a journalist who came to visit at the orphanage. That is how Elie was reunited with his sisters. Tzipora was 7 years old when she died. She was sent to the gas chambers because the Nazis thought she was too young to work. Sarra the mother, was also sent to the gas chambers and the Nazis thought also she was unfit to work. Hilda was born on August 28, 1922. Hilda is still living and she is 96 years old. Bea was born on January 1, 1925 and she died on August, 1974. She was 49 when she died. She died in Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada. Hilda wrote a memoir, she wrote that she “just about to turn 18” when the Nazis invaded her village of Sighet, Romania ( apparently in early