1. Elie
Weisel

2. Life of the Legend Born September 30, 1928 Sighet, Romania Parents
-Shlomo Wiesel
-Sarah Freig
3 sisters
-Beatrice
-Hilda
-Tzipora
Only his two older sisters survived
Reunited in a French orphanage after the war.

3. World War II: Concentration Camps
1940: Romania lost Sighet
1944: the Jews of Sighet were moved into 2 ghettos
May 6th 1944: Jews of Sighet deported to Auschwitz
Buna: managed to remain with his father for 8 months
January 1945: marched to Buchenwald. His father was beaten and put in the crematorium 3 weeks before American forces liberated the camp.

4. After the War
Elie and his two surviving sisters immigrated to the U.S.
Worked as a Hebrew and French translator/ correspondant.
For 10 years, Elie refused to talk about his experiences.

5. Night
In 1960 Night was translated into English and published in the United States.
It has been translated into over 30 languages.

6. Awards 1985: Congressional Gold Medal 1986: Nobel Peace Prize
Presidential Medal of Freedom
1996: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.