Ela weissberger biography

Stein-Weissberger was.
Born June 30, 1930, in Czechoslovakia; daughter of Max and Marketa Stein; married Leopold Weissberger.
Ela Stein-Weissberger was a Czech Holocaust survivor who became well known for her roles as a contemporary witness and intelligence officer for the Israel Defense Forces.

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Subjects

Biography, Holocaust, 1939-1945, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), personal narratives, juvenile literature, Jewish children in the Holocaust, Jews, Jews, biography, Jews, history, juvenile literature, Judenverfolgung, Judenvernichtung, Juvenile literature, Jüdin, Mädchen, Personal narratives, Theresienstadt / Konzentrationslager, Women

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Weissberger, Ela 1930- (Ela Stein Weissberger)

PERSONAL:

Born June 30, 1930, in Czechoslovakia; daughter of Max and Marketa Stein; married Leopold Weissberger. Education: Attended art school. Religion: Jewish.

ADDRESSES:

Home and office—Tappan, NY.

CAREER:

Author. Military service: Israeli Army; became sergeant.

WRITINGS:

(With Susan Goldman Rubin) The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin, Holiday House (New York, NY), 2006.

SIDELIGHTS:

As a Holocaust survivor, Ela Weissberger has longed to share her stories of life within the concentration camps with younger generations. Weissberger was born in Czechoslovakia to a Jewish family in 1930, and her world changed when the German Nazis invaded her country in the fall of 1938. Three years later, when she was eleven, she and her family were transported from her home in to the Terezin concentration camp, located outside the city of Prague. Of the 15,000 children that were held in Terezin, only one hundred survived, Weissberger being one of them. Weissberger shares her story of survival through speaking e

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Brundibar and Ela Weissberger in Boulder

Years ago, I started collecting children’s books. My early selections were purchased for my four sons. As a grad student and later as a teacher, my interest in children’s literature naturally expanded. Shelf after shelf was filled with books. I was drawn to the magical nature of picture books that combine words with colorful and engaging illustrations. I am intrigued by the authors who dip into the genre of Holocaust literature since many parents and educators feel this is an unsuitable topic for children.

Three books, Brundibar, by Maurice Sendak and Tony Kushner,The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin, by Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Weissberger, and Fireflies in the Dark: the Story of Freidl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin, by Susan Goldman Rubin sit near one another on my shelf designated for Holocaust picture books. These books, along with the others in this grouping, are far removed from my daily life. I never imagined that I would witness Brundibar or meet Ela Weissberger, a cast member of Br