How did the Holocaust influence Elie Wiesel's writing?World War II, known as the largest armed conflict in history, began in Europe in the 1930s and affected many people. The war not only involved more countries than any other war, but also introduced new and powerful nuclear weapons that contributed to the greatest number of deaths. When Hitler came to power in 1933 the Holocaust began, his search for the "perfect" race led to the use of concentration camps, which would help create the largest genocide of people in history. In Sighet, Transylvania Romania, Elie Wiesel was born to his parents Sarah Feig and Shlomo Wiesel on September 30, 1928. In Sighet, his family lived in a close-knit Jewish community where his father ran a grocery business. Wiesel along with his three sisters grew up in the Hasidic sect of Judaism, to which his mother's family belonged. Since he was the only son, he was well educated in the Talmud, which is a collection of Jewish laws. Although Wiesel was fascinated by Hasidic traditions, his father wanted him to focus on his years...