Flights of Spirit by Elly Gotz - Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Collection

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  • Sixteen-year-old Elly Gotz hides with his family in an underground bunker in the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania, prepared to die rather than be found by the Nazis. After surviving nearly three years in the ghetto, where thousands from the Jewish community have been murdered, Elly and his family refuse to be the Nazis’ next victims. But there is no escape from the liquidation of the ghetto in the summer of 1944, and Elly and his father are taken to Kaufering, a brutal subcamp of the notorious Dachau concentration camp. After the war, as his family tries desperately to flee from Germany and their past, Elly is determined to regain his lost youth and education. Throughout his journey, Elly’s motivation and enterprising spirit drive him to succeed and, ultimately, to find strength in flight. Introduction by Rami Neudorfer. This is a three-chapter sample. For more information and to purchase the full audiobook, visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/729994/flights-of-spirit-by-elly-gotz/9781039008502
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Episodes
  • Chapter 1 – Syringes on a Tray

    Chapter 1 – Syringes on a Tray
    Jan 16 2023

    Elly describes the summer of 1944, he is sixteen and hiding in a basement in Lithuania with his family while his mother arranges a communal suicide.

    This is a three-chapter sample. For more information and to purchase the full audiobook, visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/729994/flights-of-spirit-by-elly-gotz/9781039008502
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    3 mins
  • Chapter 2 – Mischievous Childhood

    Chapter 2 – Mischievous Childhood
    Jan 16 2023

    Elly describes his childhood in Lithuania, and his family and friends.

    This is a three-chapter sample. For more information and to purchase the full audiobook, visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/729994/flights-of-spirit-by-elly-gotz/9781039008502
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    15 mins
  • Chapter 3 – The Path of Destruction

    Chapter 3 – The Path of Destruction
    Jan 16 2023

    The author describes Lithuania under Soviet occupation and the changes to the country. In June 22, 1941, the German army crosses the border to Soviet territory and enacts two savage massacres.

    This is a three-chapter sample. For more information and to purchase the full audiobook, visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/729994/flights-of-spirit-by-elly-gotz/9781039008502
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    42 mins

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