Triumph of Hope, Ruth Elias
Triumph of Hope, Ruth Elias
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Triumph of Hope
From Theresienstadt and Auschwitz to Israel

Author: Ruth Elias

Narrator: Rebecca Gallagher

Unabridged: 11 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/27/2020

Synopsis

Ruth Elias, a Jewish woman who was taken to Auschwitz while several months pregnant, recounts her challenging and unthinkable story of confronting perhaps the most agonizing choice so that she and her newborn infant would not die. Taken for Nazi medical experimentation, she confronted the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele and saved the life of not only herself but her child as well.This award-winning and internationally acclaimed testament features accounts of the aftermath of her imprisonment and the difficult path to a new life in a new land: Israel, where new challenges and obstacles awaited her.

About Ruth Elias

Ruth Elias (1922-2008) was a Jewish woman who was sent to Auschwitz, where she and her unborn child were experimented upon by Dr. Josef Mengele. For decades after the Holocaust, she spoke of her experiences and of her solidarity with other women prisoners.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jackie on February 03, 2021

Very moving actual account from a survivor of the Holocaust. Her triumph over evil and horrible circumstances is a lesson to all.......more

Goodreads review by Eva-Marie on June 25, 2010

I like to read the blurbs on books. I like to see if I agree with the blurbs. Publishers Weekly says "The understated tone of this memoir adds to the author's powerful recreation of her life as a young Czechoslovak Jewish woman during the Holocaust." They forgot to add "pregnant". Any victim of the......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 03, 2013

This is a fantastic account of what the author suffered, especially in the concentration camps. It is so heart wrenching and at times, I thought it was unbelievable how any human being could treat these people so badly! What amazed me about the editing was that this book was translated to English in......more

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