The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto and the dangerous risk her
parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting childbirth. Elida Friedman was not
supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania Nazi law forbade Jewish women
from giving birth. Yet despite the fear of death Dr. Jonah Friedman and his wife Tzila choose
to bring a daughter into the world a little girl they name Elida-meaning non-birth in Hebrew.
To increase their child's chance of survival the Friedmans smuggle the baby out of the ghetto
and into the arms of a non-Jewish farm family when Elida is only three months old. It is the
beginning of a life marked by constant upheaval. When the Nazis raze the entire Kovno Ghetto
Jonah and Tzila are among those killed. Their only child is left orphaned and alone dependent
on the kindness of strangers. Despite her circumstances Elida grows up changing families
countries continents and even names countless times. Surviving the war and the Holocaust
that stole her parents the young woman never gives up hope. In her lifelong pursuit to find
love and belonging she works to rebuild her identity and triumph over her terrible
circumstances. A moving powerful chronicle of overcoming impossible odds Elida the Forgotten
Ghetto Girl is the true story of one unforgettable woman and her will to survive--
