ust“Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.”

Ellie Wiesel states “I owe them my roots and my memory. I am duty bound to serve as their emissary, transmitting the history of their disappearance, even if it disturbs, even if it brings me pain (p.74).” Ellie finds that he needs to tell the story of the dead. The millions of people who died in the holocaust need their stories told. There memory’s need to be publicized so that something as horrible as the holocaust will never happen again If the stories of the dead are not shared te loss of their lives would be worth nothing. The terrifying story’s that are told by Ellie and other writers bring the pain to the reads. It sends chills deep into our minds that make us sympathize for these people. The readers of the Twenty-First Century need to understand how something as evil and maniacal as the holocaust can never happen again. The people of Germany were falsely eluded to join forces with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Regime who promised them everything they ever wanted. We need to know that genocide is horrible and never right in any instance. These people suffered horrible deaths and with the persuasion of one psychotic man over a million Jewish people were killed relentlessly. I think that after hearing the stories of the dead people will never allow something like the holocaust to ever happen again. It is meant to stick deep into our minds and discourage any thought to such racial inferiority. Ellie Wiesel felt an emotional and personal connection with the dead. He feels he is haunted by their memories. He does not only write to inform the future generations but he writes for the sake of his conscience. He relives the tragic past every day. He finds himself talking, in fact echoing the dead. He states on the passage “We had all taken an oath: “If, by some miracle I were to emerge alive, I will