Elly

My True Story of the Holocaust

By Gross, Elly Berkovits

Publishers Summary:
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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ISBN
978-0-54507-494-0
Publisher
Scholastic Press


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on September 1, 2009

Gr 5-8 Tagged as a memoir, Gross's short chapters describe her experiences in Auschwitz and as a slave laborer as well as her postwar life. They read more like essays and are not always chronological. A selection of poetry is appended, and an essay, "Those with Sore Throats Disappeared," is randomly pl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

A Holocaust survivor recounts her tragic past experiences, including her father's death at a forced-labor camp and separatio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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