Flights of Spirit
On November 7th, 2018, as part of Neuberger Holocaust Education Week, Elly Gotz launched his memoir Flights Of Spirit in partnership with the Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program. Renowned Holocaust scholar Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt joined Elly in a discussion about survival, resilience, and hope at the launch.
The book is available in soft cover on Amazon and Second Story Press, and is also available as an Audio Book on Audible, Kobo, Google Play, and Apple Books.
Summary:
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 three years in the ghetto, where thousands from his community have been murdered, Elly and his family refuse to be the Nazis’ next victims. But there is no escape from the ghetto’s liquidation in the summer of 1944, and Elly and his family eventually surrender, only to be separated when he and his father are taken to the notorious Dachau concentration camp. After the war, fleeing from Europe and their past, Elly fights to regain his lost youth and his years of missed education. His motivation and enterprising spirit give him the determination to succeed and to, ultimately, find strength in flight.
Photos from Elly Gotz’s book launch:
