Ruth Elias (née Huppert; 6 October 1922 – 11 October 2008) 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 at age 86.[2]
Ruth Elias | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ruth Huppert 6 October 1922 |
| Died | 11 October 2008 (aged 86) |
Documentaries
edit- Heike Tauch: "Wann reden, wann schweigen. Ein Besuch bei Ruth und Kurt Elias in Beth Jitzchak" Deutschlandfunk 2007, 50 min
- Claude Lanzmann: Shoah: Four Sisters
References
edit- ^ "Ruth (Huppert) Elias", Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- ^ a b "Zemřela Ruth Elias". www.holocaust.cz (in Czech). 23 August 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ Leslie Katz (12 March 1999), "Survivor triumphs over Mengele to create life in Israel", j.
- ^ Leonard W. Boasberg (12 October 1998), "Ruth's Choice", The Philadelphia Inquirer, archived from the original on 16 April 2013
Further reading
edit- Ruth Elias (1999), Triumph of Hope: From Theresienstadt and Auschwitz to Israel, Wiley, ISBN 9780471350613
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