How Did Elie Wiesel Survive The Holocaust

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During his time in Auschwitz, Wiesel was tortured, beat, and forced to help prepare supplies for the Nazi army. Elie Wiesel and his father, Shlomo, were sent to Buchenwald, a concentration camp just South of Auschwitz. Little did Wiesel know, he would soon have to overcome more adversity. Three months after living in Buchenwald, Elie's father died from dysentery and starvation. (Moore) Shlomo was Elie’s biggest role model in his life. The two spent every moment together in the concentration camps. They were an inspiration to one another to keep fighting through the suffering. Although Wiesel was heartbroken, he refused to surrender and continued to help others around him survive. In Elie Wiesel: Surviving the Holocaust, Speaking out against Genocide, Lisa Moore quotes Wiesel saying,
When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.” (Moore) While living in brutal conditions, Wiesel did everything he could for himself and others. He prayed almost four times a day for the ending of the holocaust. Fighting through starvation, Wiesel was never selfish and continuously worked to help other Jews escape. While helping others, Wiesel was still a young man with hope to escape himself and tell his stories to the world. After years of suffering in the concentration camp, Wiesel knew it was time to get out into the world and make a difference for his people.Despite the pain and the suffering Elie went through,with prayers and determination, he was set free when the camps were liberated in April 1945 (The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity.) Years after Elie Wiesel's release from the camp, he wrote

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