About this title: 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. ...
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Your search:Books»In Our Hearts We Were Giants: The Remarkable Story of the Lilliput Troupe--A Dwarf Family's Survival of the Holocaust(16 available copies)
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Da Capo Pr
Date Published: 2005-06-29
ISBN-13:9780786715558ISBN:0786715553
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Date Published: 2004
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition hardcover in jacket. Very good condition. 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 witnesses, Israeli authors Yehuda ... read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Date Published: 2004
Description: Remarkable Story of the Lilliput Troupe, A Dwarf Family's Survival of the Holocaust. Very close to fine and bright in like pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Well illustrated with photographs. Scarce. A sharp copy. read more
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"Probably one of the most unusual of topics and situations. The story of how a family of little people survived Mengele and his experiments in the camps."
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