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In 1940, Transylvania came under Hungarian control. The Jews in the region, including Wiesel and family, were moved into a ghetto in Sighet,

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He married a fellow Holocaust survivor

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Political activist

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In 1945, he was liberated by American troops from the extermination camp in Poland.

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Published his first book in 1958.

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In 1944 he and his entire family were sent to Auschwitz. Wiesel was 15.

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His sister, Tzipora, died when she was 7 in a gas chamber with her mother.

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Born: September 30, 1928, Sighetu Marmației, Romania

Died: July 2, 2016, Manhattan, New York, NY

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Had 1 son

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Elie Wiesel quote

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Established the United States Holocaust museum

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Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986,

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He authored 57 books