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Elie Wiesel was born and grew up in Sighet, which was in Romania when he was born (1929). In 1940 that part of Romania was transferred to Hungary.

In March 1944 Germany forced Hungary to accept a Nazis into the government. They started sending Jews to Auschwitz ... Elie Wiesel's family was Jewish and was deported to Auschwitz.

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