“He is the man who lived through hell without any hatred. Those who have been exposed to the most depraved aspects of human nature but still manage to find love, to believe in God, to experience joy." This is a quote said by Oprah Winfrey during her interview with Elie Wiesel, a survivor of 'Holocaust. No person who did not experience the Holocaust and all its horrors could ever identify with Elie Wiesel. He endured enormous amounts of torture, physically, mentally and emotionally just because he was Jewish he chose nor could change shaped his life. It is important to take a look at Wiesel's life to see the pain he went through and try to understand the experiences that happened in his life. Elie Wiesel is an influential and respected figure with a story of amazing life.Although Elie Wiesel had experienced some of the harshest experiences possible, he was still a man able to enjoy life after the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania (United States Holocaust). Wiesel had three sisters and they were an Orthodox Jewish family; with his parents who were shopkeepers. Wiesel's father was well respected in the community and many people looked up to him (Wiesel). Wiesel began studying Kabbalah, a discipline and school of thought concerned with the mystical aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings intended to explain the relationship between an eternal/mysterious Creator and the mortal/finite universe (Google). This was strange for a boy of Wiesel's age. Wiesel's family was socially active within the community and enjoyed great trust. When World War II began, the city of Sighet was forced to live in two ghettos. However, Wiesel and his family managed to live with...... middle of paper ......ade Manifest: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Virginia University, 10 March 1997. Web. 5 April 2011. eliebio.htm>. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Elie Wiesel." Holocaust Encyclopedia. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, January 6, 2011. Web. April 5, 2011. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, January 6, 2011. Web. April 5, 2011..Hearst Corporation "Oprah Talks to Elie Wiesel." Interview by Oprah Winfrey. Oprah. The Oprah Magazine, November 2000. Web. April 5. 2011. .