Livia Bitton-Jackson

Livia Bitton-Jackson, born Elli L. Friedmann in Czechoslovakia, was thirteen when she, her mother, and her brother were taken to Auschwitz. They were liberated in 1945 and came to the United States in 1951. Professor Emerita of History at Lehman College of the City University of New York, she is the author of several widely praised books, including "Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust," which received the Christopher Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award, and the Jewish Heritage...See more

Livia Bitton-Jackson, born Elli L. Friedmann in Czechoslovakia, was thirteen when she, her mother, and her brother were taken to Auschwitz. They were liberated in 1945 and came to the United States in 1951. Professor Emerita of History at Lehman College of the City University of New York, she is the author of several widely praised books, including "Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust," which received the Christopher Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award, and the Jewish Heritage Award; the best-selling "I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust"; "My Bridges of Hope: Searching for Life and Love after Auschwitz"; and "Hello, America: A Refugee's Journey from Auschwitz to the New World." See less