Elly

In short, poignant chapters, Elly Gross beautifullyand plainly tells us her gripping personal history.A happy childhood soon turned into terror andtragedy when the Nazi regime began persecutingJewish families like Elly's. We are taken intothe depths of horror, into Auschwitz itself, asElly describes her everyday struggles to survive.Though wracked by the pain of losing her family,Elly was able to cling to hope and begin a new lifein America. And indeed, her book is infused withhope--her lyrical poetry, a heartfelt essay fromher daughter, and an afterword explaining Elly'sinvolvement in Steven Spielberg's Survivorsof the Shoah Visual History Foundation anda lawsuit against Volkswagen round out thismemoir. An important work for any age.