Luis Jauregui Gabriel Italiano Osiris Palomares Levi penn Eliezer Wiesel Luis Jauregui Gabriel Italiano Osiris Palomares Levi penn

Early Life Born September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Transylvania grew up with three sisters He did religious studies Was Influenced with spiritual beliefs by grandmother and mother

During the Holocaust A Holocaust Survivor, and Writer At Age 15 him and family were sent to Auschwitz as part of the Holocaust Wiesel lived in the camps under poor conditions In 1945 him his 2 sisters were freed from Buchenwald

Life After Holocaust Studied journalism in Sorbonne, France from 1948-51 1956 he wrote “And the World Would Remain Silent” He wrote many other books later on like Town of Luck (1962), The Gates of the Forest (1966) and The Oath (1973) Appointed chair of the President's Commission by Jimmy Carter in 1978 Boston University Professor

Awarded across the world U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom of Holocaust Memorial Council French Legion of Honor's Grand Croix Nobel Peace Prize winner

Works Cited http://biography.yourdictionary.com/elie-wiesel http://www.biography.com/people/elie-wiesel-9530714 http://www.kent.edu/president/speakers/wiesel/biography.cfm