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Can I read Elly : my true story of the Holocaust on EtoBox?
Elly : my true story of the Holocaust by Elly Gross; Overdrive Inc is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Elly : my true story of the Holocaust about?
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. nonfiction
Who reads Elly : my true story of the Holocaust?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Elly Gross; Overdrive Inc
- Publisher
- Scholastic;Scholastic Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780545231190
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Memoir, Young Adult
- Rating
- 3.73 / 5 (31 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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