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In Our Hearts We Were Giants (Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition)
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In Our Hearts We Were Giants (Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition)
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List price R605
Loot Price R533
Discovery Miles 5 330
You Save R72 (12%)
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This remarkable, never-before-told account of the Ovitz family,
seven of whose ten members were 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
youngest Ovitz daughter and last surviving sibling, and other
relatives, authors Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev weave the tale of a
beloved and successful family of performers 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 then 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 make it out alive. Dozens of telling
photographs are included in this horrifying yet remarkable tale of
survival.
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