In 1944, the ghetto of Sighet was formed. In a stroke of what could perhaps be considered luck, the ghetto was established on the Wiesels' street, enabling them to remain in their own home. (Wiesel, 9) The ghetto life was eventually adjusted to and just as a sort of normality settled in, the family was uprooted to Auschwitz. ... They were fearful at first, but the man turned out to be kind and spoke the first human words that the exhausted men had heard since their explosion from the ghetto. ... Several years later, in 1954, Wiesel traveled to New York City. ...

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