Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust

Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 96
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ISBN-10 : 9780545231190
ISBN-13 : 0545231191
Rating : 4/5 (191 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust by : Elly Berkovits Gross

Download or read book Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust written by Elly Berkovits Gross and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in short, gripping chapters, this is an unforgettable true story of survival. The author was featured in Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.At just 15, her mother, and brother were taken from their Romanian town to the Auschwitz-II/Birkenau concentration camp. When they arrived at Auschwitz, a soldier waved Elly to the right; her mother and brother to the left. She never saw her family alive again. Thanks to a series of miracles, Elly survived the Holocaust. Today she is dedicated to keeping alive the stories of those who did not. Elly appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes for her involvement in bringing an important lawsuit against Volkswagen, whose German factory used her and other Jews as slave laborers.


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