In Our Hearts We Were Giants: The Remarkable Story of the Lilliput Troupe--A Dwarf Family's Survival of the HolocaustDa Capo Press, 2004 M05 9 - 305 páginas "This remarkable, never-before-told account of the Ovitz family, seven of them dwarfs, bears witness to the best and worst of humanity and to the terrible irony of the Ovitzes' fate: being burdened with dwarfism helped them endure the Holocaust. Through dogged research and interviews with Perla, the last surviving Ovitz sibling, and other relatives, Koren and Negev weave the tale of a beloved and successful family who were popular entertainers in Central Europe until the Nazis deported them to Auschwitz in May 1944. Descending from the transport train into the hell of the concentration camp, the Ovitz family--known widely as the Lilliput Troupe--was separated from other Jewish victims. When Dr. Josef Mengele was notified of their arrival, he assigned them to sequestered quarters. His horrific "research" on twins and other genetically unique individuals already under way, Mengele had special plans for the Ovitzes. The authors chronicle Mengele's loathsome experiments upon the family members, the disturbing fondness he developed for these small people, and their interminable will to survive."--Back cover. |
Contenido
1 Transylvania 1868 | 1 |
2 Rozavlea 1923 | 13 |
3 Rozavlea 1930 | 23 |
4 On the Road 19311940 | 37 |
5 Hungary 1940 | 47 |
6 Maramures Easter 1944 | 57 |
7 AuschwitzBirkenau May 1944 | 71 |
8 AuschwitzBirkenau June 1944 | 85 |
14 AuschwitzBirkenau December 1944 | 169 |
15 AuschwitzBirkenau January 1945 | 187 |
16 On the Road 1945 | 199 |
17 SighetAntwerp 19451949 | 209 |
18 Haifa 19491954 | 225 |
19 Haifa 19551979 | 241 |
20 Haifa 19801992 | 253 |
21 Haifa 19932001 | 265 |
9 AuschwitzBirkenau July 1944 | 103 |
10 AuschwitzBirkenau August 1944 | 119 |
11 AuschwitzBirkenau September 1944 | 133 |
12 AuschwitzBirkenau October 1944 | 147 |
13 AuschwitzBirkenau November 1944 | 159 |
22 RozavleaAuchwitz September 2000 | 275 |
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About the Authors | 306 |
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