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Elly

by Elly Berkovits Gross
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Told in short, gripping chapters, this is an unforgettable true story of survival. The author was featured in Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.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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Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 5, 2014

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780545231190
  • Release date: May 5, 2014

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780545231190
  • File size: 707 KB
  • Release date: May 5, 2014
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Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

History Juvenile Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.1
Lexile® Measure:730
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

Told in short, gripping chapters, this is an unforgettable true story of survival. The author was featured in Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.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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History Juvenile Nonfiction