Do i place a comma here after due? the use of vernacular language became ubiquitous with the zealous prison guard, who was an anomaly compared to his nondescript peers due to his florid cheeks and rife hospitality to the lugubrious prisoners.

No, it wouldn't be correct.

his humanity shines from every page as he bears witness to the tragedy which befell the jewish race at the hands of the nazis. wiesel was a romanian-born jew whose home town of sighet was occupied by the hungarians for most of the second world war. in may 1944, all the jews in the area were forced into cattle wagons and transported to auschwitz.