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Questions & Answers. Why did Elie Wiesel write Night? After a decade of silence regarding his experiences during the Holocaust, Wiesel wrote Un di Velt Hot Geshvign which, two years and many revisions later, became the novel Night.
7,450+ In-Depth Study Guides. 4,900+ Quick-Read Plot Summaries. Downloadable PDFs. Subscribe for $3 a Month. In the village of Sighet in Transylvania, then part of Hungary, 12-year old Elie Wiesel is absorbed in studying Jewish law and theological philosophy.
Chapter 1 pp. 1-20. 1. Describe Moshe, the Beadle. 2.