Second wife of Shimshon Ovitz, and the mother of 8 of his children 5 of whom were dwarfs. She was of average size. From a nearby village her marriage to Shimshon was arranged by a matchmaker, her parents agreed to it because of Shimshon's fame and she was getting old, about 20 at the time. She treated the girls as her own and never made them feel like they were not her own children. She then gave birth to Avram, born a dwarf, Freida, a dwarf, Sarah, of average height, Micki, a dwarf, Leah, average size, Elizabeth, a dwarf, Arie, of average size, and the Piroska also known as Pearla a dwarf. When Pearla was born her umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck, the midwife refused to give the newborn to her mother. Batia insisted and pryed Pearla mouth open, Pearla blames this incident for her large mouth, and she began to breath saving the babies life. Batia gave her family one piece of advise that would stay with them for the rest of their lives, and thatultimatly saved their lives. She said "through thick and thin, never seperate. stick together, guard each other, and live for one another." In Aushwitz this advise saved their lives and was the story behind the book "In our hearts we were giants. "
Second wife of Shimshon Ovitz, and the mother of 8 of his children 5 of whom were dwarfs. She was of average size. From a nearby village her marriage to Shimshon was arranged by a matchmaker, her parents agreed to it because of Shimshon's fame and she was getting old, about 20 at the time. She treated the girls as her own and never made them feel like they were not her own children. She then gave birth to Avram, born a dwarf, Freida, a dwarf, Sarah, of average height, Micki, a dwarf, Leah, average size, Elizabeth, a dwarf, Arie, of average size, and the Piroska also known as Pearla a dwarf. When Pearla was born her umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck, the midwife refused to give the newborn to her mother. Batia insisted and pryed Pearla mouth open, Pearla blames this incident for her large mouth, and she began to breath saving the babies life. Batia gave her family one piece of advise that would stay with them for the rest of their lives, and thatultimatly saved their lives. She said "through thick and thin, never seperate. stick together, guard each other, and live for one another." In Aushwitz this advise saved their lives and was the story behind the book "In our hearts we were giants. "
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