Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam

Rena's Promise (eBook, ePUB)

A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780807095096
• Artikelnr.: 42366830

Autorenporträt

Rena Kornreich Gelissen lives with her husband in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Heather Dune Macadam, a freelance writer, lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS

Preface to the Expanded Edition xi
Prologue xix
Chapter One Rena 1
Chapter Two Tylicz 8
Chapter Three Slovakia 32
Chapter Four Auschwitz 53
Chapter Five Birkenau (Auschwitz II) 91
Chapter Six Stabsgebaude (Staff quarters) 183
Chapter Seven Neustadt Glewe 234
Epilogue 244
Acknowledgements 256
Bibliography 259
Study Guide 261

Rezensionen

"Rena s Promise is written with simplicity and grace. . . . The overwhelming feeling upon finishing is one of triumph: It is still possible to find selflessness and human connection among people living in a place of relentless horror." Los Angeles Times Book Review

A poignant and important act of remembrance. Sir Martin Gilbert, author of The Holocaust: The Human Tragedy

An extraordinary book, vividly written and generously told. You will not easily forget Rena Kornreich and her sister Danka. Nor should you. Harrowing as it often is, this is less a tragedy than a love story. By turns soul-wrenching, inspiring, and heartbreaking, this is a tale that should live long beyond the wonderful woman who inspired it. Alexandra Fuller, author of Don t Let s Go to the Dogs Tonight

Through her actions during and after the Shoah, Rena Kornreich Gelissen ensured that out of the darkest night, the light of the survivors and their memory remained. Faced with destruction, she and the Jewish people survived. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Rena s Promise went with us on the Zen Peacemakers first pilgrimage to Auschwitz in 1996. On our first night together, one of our monks shared a simple message of love from Rena to us. Her message changed our lives. Peter Matthiessen, author of In Paradise

One of the most accurate accounts, and the only account of the first women s camp in Auschwitz. This is a book historians will refer to for years to come. Irena Strezlecka, director, Auschwitz Museum of Women, Oswiecim, Poland

"Rena s Promise is written with simplicity and grace. . . . The overwhelming feeling upon finishing is one of triumph: It is still possible to find selflessness and human connection among people living in a place of relentless horror." Los Angeles Times Book Review

A poignant and important act of remembrance. Sir Martin Gilbert, author of The Holocaust: The Human Tragedy

An extraordinary book, vividly written and generously told. You will not easily forget Rena Kornreich and her sister Danka. Nor should you. Harrowing as it often is, this is less a tragedy than a love story. By turns soul-wrenching, inspiring, and heartbreaking, this is a tale that should live long beyond the wonderful woman who inspired it. Alexandra Fuller, author of Don t Let s Go to the Dogs Tonight

Through her actions during and after the Shoah, Rena Kornreich Gelissen ensured that out of the darkest night, the light of the survivors and their memory remained. Faced with destruction, she and the Jewish people survived. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Rena s Promise went with us on the Zen Peacemakers first pilgrimage to Auschwitz in 1996. On our first night together, one of our monks shared a simple message of love from Rena to us. Her message changed our lives. Peter Matthiessen, author of In Paradise

One of the most accurate accounts, and the only account of the first women s camp in Auschwitz. This is a book historians will refer to for years to come. Irena Strezlecka, director, Auschwitz Museum of Women, Oswiecim, Poland