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The Ovitz family was a family of Hungarian Jewish actors/traveling musicians originating from present Romania, who survived imprisonment at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Most of them were dwarfs. [1] They were the largest family of dwarfs ever recorded and were the largest family to enter Auschwitz and survive intact ...
Oct 12, 2017 · Bettmann/Getty Images The Ovitz family arrives in Israel several years after their time at Auschwitz. April 15, 1949. When Disney released the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, it gained an unlikely fan in Adolf Hitler. A copy of the movie, banned in Germany due to anti-Americanism, had made it into Hitler’s possession.
Sep 11, 2016 · The Ovitz family originated from Maramureş County, Romania. They were descended from Shimson Eizik Ovitz (1868–1923), a badchen entertainer, itinerant rabbi and himself a dwarf. He fathered ten children in total, seven of them dwarfs, from two marriages.
Sep 27, 2024 · 01. The Ovitz family consisted of seven dwarfs and three average-height siblings. They were the largest family of dwarfs ever recorded. 02. They were originally from Rozavlea, a small village in Romania. The family was of Hungarian-Jewish descent. 03. The family was musically talented.
Dec 1, 2017 · On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated. The Ovitz family had the double misfortune of being both dwarfs and Jews, which had made them a clear target for the Nazis. Somehow, they all managed to survive the war, as did their tormentor and accidental savior― Josef Mengele, who managed to escape, presumably to South America.
Mar 26, 2021 · In May 1949, the family emigrated to Israel and settled in Haifa. They began touring again and retired in 1955. Perla Ovitz (d. 2001) was interviewed for the book Giants: The Dwarfs of Auschwitz ...
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Feb 24, 2013 · Dora Ovitz, the full-size wife of the eldest dwarf Avram, was quizzed by Mengele about her sex life. ... On one occasion the family were made to strip naked for dozens of SS officers at a lecture ...
