Five million, nine hundred thirty-three thousand, nine hundred fifty-six Jews were executed ruthlessly .The nazi almost eradicated a whole entire ethnic group so he can emanice his power through all of Europe ,and create more Wohnraum(living space) for a so called superior race the Aryan race. No other man than Elie Wiesel have witness and suffered by the hands of the Germans in one of their infamous death camps for people deemed to be inferior by the Germans. Elie a man who fight till this day advocating for peace ,and not letting history repeat itself in the last WW. He had wrote his own speeches the most well known one Hope, Despair,and memory in the very last sentence of his speech he says “Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other.” This quote alone gives the whole speech its meaning, we shouldn’t wait for peace to happen you have to make peace happen. A very strong advocator in human rights Martin Luther King Jr would strongly agree with Elie’s opinion. MLK would commend Wiesel’s quote because he stood for the fact that violence was never the answer, understanding it would have spawned more violence. …show more content…
MLK the former leader of the infamous civil rights movement in the nineteen sixty. Lived his life during the oppression of his own people, seen the social injustice the black race has endured. Elie speech Hope, Despair, and memory saids words that can can someone else opinion. The treatment at auschwitz he endureed was dehumanizing he says “Stripped of possessions, all human ties severed, the prisoners found themselves in a social and cultural void” (Wiesel). Left by god for who can they corwel in fear to they are truly