Elly Gotz is a Holocaust survivor, a retired engineer, a businessman, and a pilot living in Toronto, Ontario. He shares his story with around 15,000 students a year, which focuses on teaching tolerance and an understanding of the conditions that bring about genocide.

Sixteen-year-old Elly Gotz hides with his family in an underground bunker in the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania, prepared to die rather than be found by the Nazis. After surviving nearly three years in the ghetto, where thousands from the Jewish community have been murdered, Elly and his family refuse to be the Nazis’ next victims.

Elly Gotz is a Holocaust survivor and educator, living in Canada. He shares his story with around 18,000 students a year....

Oct 30, 2019 · That’s the goal of Holocaust survivor Elly Gotz, who on Tuesday was at the London Jewish Community Centre speaking to children from London-area schools about his experiences living under Nazi...

Elly Gotz was born in Kovno, Lithuania, on March 8, 1928. He was an only child. In June 1941, Elly and his family were forced into the Kovno ghetto, where they spent three years.

Nov 26, 2021 · In a virtual event organized by Hillel Ryerson (renaming in process), Elly Gotz shared haunting details about life under the Nazi regime, and overcoming anger and hatred in its aftermath.

Elly Gotz was born on March 8, 1928, in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. After the war, his family lived in Germany, desperate to emigrate; in the spring of 1947, they were accepted to Norway as refugees, and later that year they were able to immigrate to Zimbabwe to …

Sixteen-year-old Elly Gotz hides with his family in an underground bunker in the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania, prepared to die rather than be found by the Nazis. After surviving three years in the ghetto, where thousands from his community have been murdered, Elly and his family refuse to be the Nazis’ next victims.

Feb 4, 2022 · Explore Holocaust survivor Elly Gotz's remarkable journey of survival and rebuilding in this Stories Survive Speaker Series program.

Nov 22, 2018 · Elly Gotz is a Holocaust survivor. He is an engineer, a businessman, and a pilot. Now 90, married for 60 years, he jumped from an airplane last year to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday.