Eliezer Wiesel is a 14-year-old Orthodox Jewish boy from Sighet, Transylvania. Elie has a younger sister Tzipora, 2 older sisters Hilda and Bèa, and is the only son. His father is a prominent leader of the Jewish community. Ellie wants to study Jewish mysticism, but her father tells her she's too young. He then befriends Moche the safecracker, a handyman, so he can be taught mysticism. Moche teaches him to ask God the right questions even if he will never receive the right answer. in 1944 the Germans came to power in occupied Hungary and soon controlled Sighet. At this point the Germans begin their plan to get rid of the Jews. They moved Eli and his family to a ghetto. There were two things together, one small and one large. Eli and his family moved to the larger ghetto. They remained in the ghetto for a while, until they were loaded onto two trains and sent to Birkenau. when everyone was out of the rain, everyone was divided into two groups, the men and the women. This was the last time he saw his mother and sister Tzipora. Eli and his father were placed in the same groups and that's when Ell...