Young Leaders

The Holocaust is known as one of the most horrifying and devastating events in world history. The German army led by Adolph Hitler was the main factor of these events. Hitler captured and tortured thousands if not millions of Jewish men, women, and their children, including Elie Wiesel and Anne Frank. Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel both suffered badly, but had different outcomes. They have many similarities and differences. Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel both were young leaders in history. Using their brilliant mindsets, optimistic will power, and their voice they overcame Hitler's heinous plan.

Good leaders are made not born. If you have the desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience (Jago, 1982). Anne Frank and Elie had these characteristics of a good leader. Anne and Elie both were original children growing up in extraordinary times and found an outlet in writing and expressing their feelings. Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel have many similarities. Firstly, Elie was "not yet fifteen" when he and his family were arrested by Hungarian police and sent to a concentration camp (Wiesel 22). Anne Frank was thirteen years old when "she and her family went into hiding to escape persecution by the Nazis."(Frank 97). Both Anne and Elie had to mature at a very young age. A similarity with both children was their youth and innocence was deprived at a young age.