Member of the Ovitz family Born in Rozavlea, Romania Leah was the seventh child of Shimshon Eizik Ovitz and the fifth with his second wife Batia. Shimshon was a little person while both of his wives were of average height. In total they had ten children, 2 with his first wife Brana both dwarfs and eight more with his wife Batia three of average size and five were dwarfs. Leah was the second child to grow to average height. Like her sister Sarah, Leah helped her siblings in any way she could. When they were sent ot Auschwitz she helped her siblings survive in a world not meant for dwarfs. She was also experimented on being the tall sibling of dwarfs and the daughter of a dwarf, Mengele wantd to know what made her different. Most of the family survived their time in Auschwitz, the few that did not were not on the same transport with the family, and returned to the village they were from but found life there to difficult. They then moved to Sighet. Life was still very difficult there so they went to Belgium, the only country that would give the entire family visas. They continued to perform but found their audience limited. After getting offers from the United States and Israel they decided on Israel. In Israel life was hard but good, they did not speak Hebrew and had to learn quickly. They performed for years but as they were getting older decided to retire and ran a cinema. Leah married her cousin Azriel prior to the war and the had one child a boy who they named Shimshom after Leah's father.
They are the subject of the book "In our hearts we were giants."
They are the subject of the book "In our hearts we were giants."
Member of the Ovitz family Born in Rozavlea, Romania Leah was the seventh child of Shimshon Eizik Ovitz and the fifth with his second wife Batia. Shimshon was a little person while both of his wives were of average height. In total they had ten children, 2 with his first wife Brana both dwarfs and eight more with his wife Batia three of average size and five were dwarfs. Leah was the second child to grow to average height. Like her sister Sarah, Leah helped her siblings in any way she could. When they were sent ot Auschwitz she helped her siblings survive in a world not meant for dwarfs. She was also experimented on being the tall sibling of dwarfs and the daughter of a dwarf, Mengele wantd to know what made her different. Most of the family survived their time in Auschwitz, the few that did not were not on the same transport with the family, and returned to the village they were from but found life there to difficult. They then moved to Sighet. Life was still very difficult there so they went to Belgium, the only country that would give the entire family visas. They continued to perform but found their audience limited. After getting offers from the United States and Israel they decided on Israel. In Israel life was hard but good, they did not speak Hebrew and had to learn quickly. They performed for years but as they were getting older decided to retire and ran a cinema. Leah married her cousin Azriel prior to the war and the had one child a boy who they named Shimshom after Leah's father.
They are the subject of the book "In our hearts we were giants."
They are the subject of the book "In our hearts we were giants."
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