Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in AuschwitzAn expanded edition of the powerful memoir about two sisters' determination to survive during the Holocaust featuring new and never before revealed information about the first transport of women to Auschwitz Sent to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport, Rena Kornreich survived the Nazi death camps for over three years. While there she was reunited with her sister Danka. Each day became a struggle to fulfill the promise Rena made to her mother when the family was forced to split apart--a promise to take care of her sister. One of the few Holocaust memoirs about the lives of women in the camps, Rena's Promise is a compelling story of the fleeting human connections that fostered determination and made survival a possibility. From the bonds between mothers, daughters, and sisters, to the links between prisoners, and even prisoners and guards, Rena's Promise reminds us of the humanity and hope that survives inordinate inhumanity. |
Contents
| 1 | |
| 8 | |
Chapter 3 | 32 |
Chapter 4 | 53 |
Chapter 5 | 91 |
Chapter 6 | 183 |
Chapter 7 | 234 |
Epilogue | 244 |
Acknowledgments | 256 |
| 259 | |
Reading Group Guide | 261 |
Last Page | 264 |
Other editions - View all
Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz Rena Kornreich Gelissen,Heather Dune Macadam Limited preview - 1995 |
Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz Rena Kornreich Gelissen,Heather Dune Macadam Limited preview - 2015 |
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