![]() With only a few months of the war remaining, Elie’s father succumbed to the ravages of hunger and disease. Elie remained with his father for a year, struggling to live through the camps at Auschwitz, Buna, Buchenwald and Gleiwitz. In Auschwitz, Elie was separated from his mother and three sisters only his two oldest sisters would survive. During this time, Elie developed his strong belief in God and deep connection to the Jewish people.Īt fifteen his faith was shaken when his entire village was deported to Nazi concentration camps. ![]() His father encouraged him to also study modern Hebrew and secular subjects. ![]() Like so many boys of his time, Elie began religious studies at an early age and spent his childhood studying Judaism, especially enjoying learning about the Jewish mystical tradition and Chasidic folktales. Eliezar Wiesel was born in 1928 in the small Hungarian village of Sighet, in what is today Romania. ![]()
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