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Section size for Elie Wiesel (20 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	11,574	11,574	274	274
Early life	2,813	2,813	194	194
Imprisonment during the Holocaust	4,920	4,920	279	279
March of the Living	5,083	5,083	296	296
Post-war career as a writer	32	10,566	0	752
France	7,306	7,306	490	490
United States	3,228	3,228	262	262
Political activism	3,393	27,600	123	1,401
Support for the Israeli government	1,875	7,237	114	307
On the Arab–Israeli conflict	5,362	5,362	193	193
Awards and other activism	16,970	16,970	971	971
Teaching	2,990	2,990	124	124
Personal life	4,561	4,561	163	163
Death and aftermath	3,493	3,493	121	121
Awards and honors	9,980	21,307	0	11
Honorary degrees	11,327	11,327	11	11
See also	587	587	0	0
References	5,260	5,260	0	0
Further reading	3,145	3,145	0	0
External links	4,530	4,530	0	0
Total	108,429	108,429	3,615	3,615

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