I.

Use any of the following links to find the answers to the questions below.
● https://eliewieselfoundation.org/elie-wiesel/ (Biography)
● https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/elie-wiesel (CommonLit)
● https://edpuzzle.com/media/616dbea936fc9141b52f22fc (Cartoon-Video)
● https://youtu.be/PkKm5f_aRp4?t=42 (video)

Questions: (Please answer in complete sentences.)

1. Where and when was Elie Wiesel born? Was born in Sighet, Romania,
on September 30, 1928.

2. What happened to him when he was 15?
3. What happened to his family members?
(Mom, Dad, older and younger sisters)?
4. What did he do after the war?
5. Why did he found his organization?
6. How many books has he written?
Wiesel and his family were
deported by the Nazis to
Auschwitz when he was 15
years old.
His mother and younger sister
perished there, his two older
sisters survived. Wiesel and his
father were later transported to
Buchenwald, where his father
died.
Wiesel studied in Paris and later
became a journalist in that city.
Its mission is to advance the
cause of human rights and
peace throughout the world by
creating a new forum for the
discussion of urgent ethical
issues confronting humanity.
more than 40 books.
7. List at least 3 awards he has received.
8. Record three interesting facts about Elie
Wiesel not yet covered in these questions.
The Presidential Medal of
Freedom, the United States
Congressional Gold Medal and
the Medal of Liberty Award.
1.Elie Wiesel would go on to
write more than 40 books.
2.He wrote in both fiction and
non-fiction genres.
3.Elie Wiesel has written two
volumes of memoirs.

II. Open this document (click here). Read the transcript of the
interview and answer the following questions.

1. Describe life in Wiesel’s

hometown.

2. What happened to Jewish people at

Christmas and Easter? How did
Wiesel feel about it?

3. Who does Wiesel consider

influential people in his life?

4. What does he say about teachers

and students?

5. What is creative reading?

6. When did he begin writing?

7. Why does he write about the

Holocaust?

8. Why didn’t he speak about it for 10

years?

9. List two things he believes are

important for young people to know.