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Giants the Dwarfs of Auschwitz

by Eilat Negev

JewsBiographyDwarfsHuman experimentation in medicineHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Auschwitz (concentration camp)Growth disordersDwarfs (Persons)

In this remarkable, never-before-told account of the Ovitz family, seven of whose ten members were dwarves, readers bear witness to the terrible irony of the Ovitz's fate: being burdened with dwarfism helped them to endure the Holocaust.

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Book data: Open Library