From yellow star to pop star
Oliver-Wolff, Dorit2015
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
A tense, moving and inspirational tale of how the bravery and fortitude of one little Jewish girl helped her survive the holocaust and become a star. It is not that I want to remember, it is simply that I cannot forget.When Dorit Oliver was just four years old she sang and danced in front of the future king of Yugoslavia. By six years old she was in hiding from the German soldiers who were rounding up and transporting her fellow Jews to concentration camps around Europe.Years of terror follow, with narrow escapes from capture and bombing raids plus betrayals by those she thought were her friends until, at last, she and her mother are rescued from the cellar in which they are hiding. Singing helps her survive those dark days. But the Holocaust is only part of Dorit's amazing story. After the war, stateless and without papers, she joins a touring dance troupe in order to be permitted to travel. She studies by day and sings and dances in seedy clubs by night until a talent scout spots her and then her story really begins.Tense, moving and inspirational, Dorit's remarkable story takes the reader through fear and horror, to freedom and joy and shows how the bravery and fortitude of one little Jewish girl helped her survive the holocaust and become a star.
Main title:
From yellow star to pop star / Dorit Oliver-Wolff.
Author:
Oliver-Wolff, Dorit, author
Imprint:
[Burgess Hill] : RedDoor, [2015]
Collation:
ix, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781910453094 (pbk)
Dewey class:
920 OLI
LC class:
DS135.H93
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1454953