No-one Would Listen

10/28/2020

In 1944, the German Army arrived at Elie Wiesel's village and immediately initiated new policies to limit freedoms for Jews. The noose closed in tighter and tighter, one policy at a time, until one day all the Jews of the village were imprisoned in a ghetto and ordered to board the transport trains. People were terrified. What did this mean? They were busy in Elie's house frantically packing up food for the trip when Moishe came up to the front door and shouted, "I warned you!" Then he turned and left without waiting for anyone to respond. It was too late to do anything about it. They were transported to Auschwitz.

Read more >