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Ruth Elias

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Ruth Elias was a Jewish woman who was born Ruth Huppert in Moravian Ostrava on 6 October 1922.[1][2] After the German annexation of Czechoslovakia, she was sent to the Theresienstadt ghetto and then Auschwitz concentration camp where she survived experimentation by Dr. Mengele. She subsequently went to Israel where she wrote a memoir, Triumph of Hope.[3][4] She died on 11 October 2008.[2]

Documentaries

References

  1. ^ "Ruth (Huppert) Elias", Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  2. ^ a b "Zemřela Ruth Elias". www.holocaust.cz (in Czech). 23 August 2011. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  3. ^ Leslie Katz (12 March 1999), "Survivor triumphs over Mengele to create life in Israel", j.
  4. ^ Leonard W. Boasberg (12 October 1998), "Ruth's Choice", The Philadelphia Inquirer

Further reading

  • Ruth Elias (1999), Triumph of Hope: From Theresienstadt and Auschwitz to Israel, Wiley, ISBN 9780471350613