ELIE WIESEL “WHAT I WANT, WHAT I HAVE HOPED FOR ALL MY LIFE, IS THAT MY PAST SHOULD NOT BECOME YOUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE” Elie Wiesel was brought up in a closely knit Jewish community in Sighet, Transylvania (Romania). When he was fifteen iSNbc _[R WXc TN]X[i...
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ELIE WIESEL “WHAT I WANT, WHAT I HAVE HOPED FOR ALL MY LIFE, IS THAT MY PAST SHOULD NOT BECOME YOUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE” Elie Wiesel was brought up in a closely knit Jewish community in Sighet, Transylvania (Romania). When he was fifteen iSNbc _[R WXc TN]X[i gNc herded aboard a train and deported by Nazis to the Auschwitz death camp. Wiesel’s mother and younger sister died at Auschwitz—two older sisters survived. Wiesel and his father were then taken to Buchenwald, where his father also perished. In his autobiography, Wiesel writes: “Never shall I forget Elie Wiesel, ©2000 Eddie Adams that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all INTERVIEW TAKEN
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