Beschreibung:
An 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 AuschwitzIn March 1942, Rena Kornreich and 997 other young women were rounded up and forced onto the first Jewish transport of women to Auschwitz. Soon after, Rena was reunited with her sister Danka at the camp, beginning a story of love and courage that would last three years and forty-one days. From smuggling bread for their friends to narrowly escaping the ever-present threats that loomed at every turn, the compelling events in Rena's Promise remind us that humanity and hope can survive inordinate brutality.
CONTENTSPreface to the Expanded Edition xiPrologue xixChapter One Rena 1Chapter Two Tylicz 8Chapter Three Slovakia 32Chapter Four Auschwitz 53Chapter Five Birkenau (Auschwitz II) 91Chapter Six Stabsgebaude (Staff quarters) 183Chapter Seven Neustadt Glewe 234Epilogue 244Acknowledgements 256Bibliography 259Study Guide 261