Explanation:
Elie Wiesel’s father died in the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. Elie and his father were both prisoners in the camp, and Elie recounts the terrible conditions they endured in his memoir Night. Elie’s father was weakened by the harsh conditions and mistreatment in the camp, and he ultimately succumbed to dysentery just a few months before the camp was liberated by Allied forces in 1945.