▁teaching ▁Heb rew ▁and ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁cho irm aster . ▁He ▁wrote ▁for ▁Isra eli ▁and ▁French ▁newsp apers , ▁including ▁Ts ien ▁in ▁Kam f ▁( in ▁Y idd ish ). ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁after ▁learning ▁of ▁the ▁Ir gun ' s ▁bomb ing ▁of ▁the ▁King ▁David ▁Hotel , ▁Wies el ▁made ▁an ▁un success ful ▁attempt ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁under ground ▁Z ion ist ▁movement . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁he ▁translated ▁articles ▁from ▁Heb rew ▁into ▁Y idd ish ▁for ▁Ir gun ▁period ical s , ▁but ▁never ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁organization . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁he ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁Israel ▁as ▁a ▁correspond ent ▁for ▁the ▁French ▁newspaper ▁L ' ar che . ▁He ▁then ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁Paris ▁correspond ent ▁for ▁the ▁Isra eli ▁newspaper ▁Y edi oth ▁A hr on oth , ▁subsequently ▁becoming ▁its ▁ro aming ▁international ▁correspond ent . ▁ ▁For ▁ten ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁war , ▁Wies el ▁refused ▁to ▁write ▁about ▁or ▁discuss ▁his ▁experiences ▁during ▁the ▁Hol oca ust . ▁He ▁began ▁to ▁re cons ider ▁his ▁decision ▁after ▁a ▁meeting ▁with ▁the ▁French ▁author ▁François ▁Maur iac , ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁Nobel ▁La ure ate ▁in ▁Liter ature ▁who ▁eventually ▁became ▁Wies el ' s ▁close ▁friend . ▁Maur iac ▁was ▁a ▁dev out ▁Christian ▁who ▁had ▁fought ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁Res istance ▁during ▁the ▁war . ▁He ▁compared ▁Wies el