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Elie Wiesel, the renowned author and conscience of the world, presents a powerful memoir that commences with his boyhood in the small Transylvanian village of Sighet. As a devout child, he had an insatiable hunger for Jewish knowledge, studying Torah and Talmud and being captivated by the Kabbalah. However, his life was soon upended when he was thrust into the Nazi ghetto and later the death camps. There, he endured the unfathomable loss of his parents and his beloved little sister Tzipora, who perished in the Nazi furnaces. Wiesel writes poignantly of his losses, longing to recapture the wisdom of his father, the grace of his sister, and the experiences of those who suffered and died. He also records the prophecy told to his mother by the Wizhnitz Rabbi, foretelling that her son would become a great man in Israel but that she would not live to see it. The memoir details the horrors Wiesel witnessed in the death camps, such as the Nazis throwing live children into furnaces. He laments the inaction of the Allies, who knew of the extermination of the Jews but did little to stop it. Wiesel also mentions the collaboration of some intellectuals with the Nazis and reflects on the plight of Jews after the war. Despite the pain and suffering, Wiesel writes with great compassion, passion, anger, sadness, and hope. He pleads for the plight of his people today, especially the youth and children of Israel who are targeted by terror and genocide. Elie Wiesel is truly a voice of truth and conscience, whose words continue to resonate and inspire.