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Elie Wiesel was born
Elie was born in Sighet, Transylvania. -
Elie's family become residents of Hungary.
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12 year old Elie starts studying the Kabbalah.
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Elie, his family and many other Jews were packed into a cattle car and sent to Birkenau.
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Elie Wiesel and his family are deported by the Hungarian gendarmerie and the German SS and police from Sighet to Auschwitz.
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Elie's father dies.
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Elie Wiesel comes to the Sorbonne in Paris.
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Elie Wiesel goes to Jerusalem for the first time.
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Elie moves to the United States.