My survival : a girl on Schindler's list : a memoir

Title
My survival : a girl on Schindler's list : a memoir

Personal Author EPSB
Rena, Finder

Summary
The astonishing true story of a girl who survived the Holocaust thanks to Oskar Schindler, of Schindler's List fame. Rena Finder was only eleven when the Nazis forced her and her family -- along with all the other Jewish families -- into the ghetto in Krakow, Poland. Rena worked as a slave laborer with scarcely any food and watched as friends and family were sent away. Then Rena and her mother ended up working for Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who employed Jewish prisoners in his factory and kept them fed and healthy. But Rena's nightmares were not over. She and her mother were deported to the concentration camp Auschwitz. With great cunning, it was Schindler who set out to help them escape. Here in her own words is Rena's gripping story of survival, perseverance, tragedy, and hope. Including pictures from Rena's personal collection and from the time period, this unforgettable memoir introduces young readers to an astounding and necessary piece of history".

Other Title
Girl on Schindler's list : a memoir

Year Published
2019-2020

Physical Description
112 pages : illustration ; 22 cm

Age Interest level
Ages 9-11.

Grade Interest level
Grades 4-6.

Personal Subject
Finder, Rena, 1929-.
 
Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974.

Corporate Subject
Auschwitz (Concentration camp).

Subject
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
 
Holocaust survivors -- Biography.
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland.
 
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Kraków -- Biography.

Geographic Term
Kraków (Poland) -- History -- 20th century.

Genre
Autobiographies.
 
Personal narratives.

Added Author
Greene, Joshua, 1950-

Summary
The astonishing true story of a girl who survived the Holocaust thanks to Oskar Schindler, of Schindler's List fame. Rena Finder was only eleven when the Nazis forced her and her family -- along with all the other Jewish families -- into the ghetto in Krakow, Poland. Rena worked as a slave laborer with scarcely any food and watched as friends and family were sent away. Then Rena and her mother ended up working for Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who employed Jewish prisoners in his factory and kept them fed and healthy. But Rena's nightmares were not over. She and her mother were deported to the concentration camp Auschwitz. With great cunning, it was Schindler who set out to help them escape. Here in her own words is Rena's gripping story of survival, perseverance, tragedy, and hope. Including pictures from Rena's personal collection and from the time period, this unforgettable memoir introduces young readers to an astounding and necessary piece of history".

ISBN
9781338593792
 
9781338656220

Publisher
New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
 
©2019


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Kildare940.5 FINBook30138000215915Non-Fiction