Elie Wiesel is a very important person because he was able to express through his writing the events that occurred during the Holocaust. This time in history is very important to me, because of the millions of Jewish people that were killed during it. The Holocaust was a very horrible time for the Jewish people in Europe, who were sent to concentration camps just because of the religion they believed in. Millions of Jewish people died either from the Nazis killing them directly or from starvation and exhaustion from living in the unbearable conditions at the camps. Wiesel�s publications of his experiences during the Holocaust will be around for a very long time because it will teach the children of the future about this horrible event even though it happened a long time before these children have been born. Wiesel uses his public speaking abilities to show why the Holocaust actually happened and to voice his opinion on how the world should not do the same things that occurred in Europe. Even after Wiesel retires from public speaking in the future, his speeches and ideals will carry on for years to come.