Wiesel was 15 years old when the Nazis deported him and his family to Auschwitz-Birkenau. His mother and younger sister died in the gas chambers on the night of their arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau. He and his father were deported to Buchenwald where his father died before the camp was liberated on April 11, 1945.
One would be the battle of the Alamo was important because there were about150-250 volunteers who held ground at the Alamo long enough for Sam Houston to regroup and come up with a plan of action to cut off and defeat Santa Anna's army at the battle of San Jacinto.
The democrats chose Jimmy Carter as their presidential candidate in 1976.
