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elie wiesel was fifteen when he first got to the camp and as dr. Mengela directed the Jews as to wich way to go left or right...left being to the showers where most women who wouldn't leave their children went to and all the kids that were too young to work went to to be killed by gas and right was where they sent the people to go to work at and elie wiesel heard from someone to lie about his age so he told dr. Mengela and the generals that he was eigteen and that he worked on a farm with his father and so they sent elie to work and that's how he survived and how old he was
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How old was Elie Wiesel when he was sent to the camp?
He was 15 years old
What was the biggest concentration camp Elie Wiesel was sent to In the book Night?
buna
What concentration camp did Hilda and Bea Wiesel go to?
They were sent to Auschwitz along with Elie and the rest of the Wiesel family
When is Wiesel finally freed?
Elie Wiesel was liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945.
Where do the guards take Elie Wiesel father?
The guards took Elie Wiesel's father to the crematorium at Auschwitz concentration camp. They were separated during a selection process, and Elie later found out that his father had been sent to be killed.
What happened after Elie Wiesel and his father got sent to a Concentration camp?
he was there for 11 months he didnt move back to Romania
How old was Elie Wiesel when the Holocaust started?
15
What year did elie get sent to the first concentration camp in the book Night?
1944.
Where did Elie Wiesel father die?
According to Elie's book Night, his father died in Buchenwald. Just before the camp was liberated by the American Army. Chlomo (also spelled Shlomo), Elie's father was diagnosed with dysentery (disease of the intestines) and sent to the crematory where he was killed.
What nazi imprisonment camp was Elie Wiesel sent to?
In May 1944 he was sent to Auschwitz III (also known as) Buna or Monowitz) and then moved under appalling conditions in January 1945 to Buchenwald.
What happened to Elie Wiesel's mother and sisters?
they got sent to the crematorium.
Elie Wiesel's life before the world war 2?
Elie Wiesel was 12 years old in 1940. In 1944 his family was put into one of the ghettos in Romania. They were then sent to Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp. Then he and his father were sent to Buchenwald and were liberated in October 1945 by the Allied Forces. see link below for more stories
