I'm a little hazy on Shlomo's accomplishments, but I can tell you a little about him and his influence on Eliezer. Shlomo Wiesel was Elie Wiesel's father. He was an Orthodox Jew who ran his own grocery store in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania in a place called Sighet. He was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944 and later Buna, where he was evacuated to Buchenwald sometime in the winter of 1944-45 and died on January 28-29, 1945 (he died sometime during that night so it is impossible to be sure exactly when he died) in Buchenwald (before the camp was liberated). Elie says that his father represented reason (while his mother faith). Though Shlomo was often busy with what Elie called "other peoples' destinies," and because of this Elie felt deprived from his father's attention, they grew close in Auschwitz and Buna and later Buchenwald. Shlomo was often busy with communal activities in Sighet. As for his actual accomplishments, I'm a little hazy, but I've read that it was he who instilled Elie's strong sense of Humanism. I hope this helped! You can read Elie Wiesel's novel/memoir Night for more details on Shlomo and Elie's experiences at Auschwitz and Birkenau. It's small, but it's detailed and emotional, a reflection of Elie's life during the Holocaust. Here are some links to a few of my other sources: http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel http:/www.YouTube.com/watch?v=TeyzOvWQzFI
Shlomo Wiesel, her in America, but in German its Chlomo Wiesel. And his last name is pronounced Visel, not ysell which is how most people pronounce it
Elie Wisel father's name Chlomo or Shlomo Wiesel
If you're referring to Shlomo Wiesel (Elie Wiesel's father), he married a woman named Sarah.
His name is Shlomo. It isn't used in the book till the very end.
shopkeeper, Jewish council
Chlomo Wiesel
Shlomo Wiesel, the father of Elie Wiesel, died in 1943 while both were imprisoned in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
Shlomo Wiesel
shopkeeper, Jewish council
Shlomo Wiesel, her in America, but in German its Chlomo Wiesel. And his last name is pronounced Visel, not ysell which is how most people pronounce it
Elie Wiesel's father was named Shlomo Wiesel. He was a prominent figure in the Jewish community in Sighet, Romania, where the Wiesel family lived before being deported to Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Shlomo Wiesel was an observant Jew and a respected leader in the community. He tragically died in the concentration camp alongside his son.
He has his first kid, Shlomo Elisha Wiesel in 1972.