In Our Hearts We Were Giants : the Remarkable Story of the Lilliput Troupe
In this remarkable, never-before-told account of the Ovitz family, seven of whose ten members were dwarves, readers bear witness to the terrible irony of the Ovitz's fate: being burdened with dwarfism helped them to endure the Holocaust. Through research and interviews with the youngest Ovitz daughter, Perla, the troupe's last surviving member, and other relatives, the authors weave the tale of a beloved and successful family of performers who were famous entertainers in Central Europe until the Nazis deported them to Auschwitz in May 1944. Descending into the hell of the concentration ca
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1 online resource (337 pages)
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Prologue; 1 Transylvania, 1868; 2 Rozavlea, 1923; 3 Rozavlea, 1930; 4 On the Road, 1931-1940; 5 Hungary, 1940; 6 Maramures, Easter 1944; 7 Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944; 8 Auschwitz-Birkenau, June 1944; 9 Auschwitz-Birkenau, July 1944; 10 Auschwitz-Birkenau, August 1944; 11 Auschwitz-Birkenau, September 1944; 12 Auschwitz-Birkenau, October 1944; 13 Auschwitz-Birkenau, November 1944; 14 Auschwitz-Birkenau, December 1944; 15 Auschwitz-Birkenau, January 1945; 16 On the Road, 1945; 17 Sighet-Antwerp, 1945-1949; 18 Haifa, 1949-1954; 19 Haifa, 1955-1979; 20 Haifa, 1980-1992. 21 Haifa, 1993-200122 Rozavlea-Auchwitz, September 2000; Sources and Thanks; Index; About the Authors
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