Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young jewish boy from asmall town in the carpathian mountains woke up, not farfrom goethe's beloved weimar, in a place of eternal infamycalled buchenwald. he was finally free, but there was nojoy in his heart. he thought there never would be again. liberated a day earlier by american soldiers, heremembers their rage at what they saw. and even if helives to be a very old man, he will always be grateful tothem for that rage, and also for their compassion. thoughhe did not understand their language, their eyes told himwhat he needed to know - that they, too, wouldremember, and bear witness. elie wiesel, "the perils of indifference, 1999why does wiesel begin 'the perils of indifference by the u. s.soldiers who freed him from the concentration camp as a child? a to reprimand the soldiers of other countries who did nothing tob. to appeal to the audience who were mostly from the united statesc. to tell the u. s. audience that the united states should no longerbe proud of its actionsd. to inform the international audience that u. s. soldiers him