Overview
- Summary
- "Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable -- together. This is their true story. As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta, and their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert her parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approached their home so they could hide. But soon their parents were tragically taken away, and the two sisters went on the run, desperate to find a safe place to hide. Eventually they, too, would be captured and taken to the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. Communicating in sign language and relying on each other for strength in the midst of illness, death, and starvation, Renee and Herta would have to fight to survive the darkest of times. This gripping memoir, told in a vivid "oral history" format, is a testament to the power of sisterhood and love, and now more than ever a reminder of how important it is to honor the past, and keep telling our own stories"-- Provided by publisher
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Scholastic Press, [2021]
©2021 - Locale
- Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
République tchèque
Tchécoslovaquie
Slovakia
Bratislava
United States - Notes
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Ages 8-12.
Grades 4-6.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781338753356
1338753355 - Physical Description
- 123 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Jewish children--Czech Republic--Biography--Juvenile literature. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Czech Republic--Juvenile literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czech Republic--Juvenile literature. Czechoslovakia--Ethnic relations--History--20th century--Juvenile literature. Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945--Juvenile literature. Jewish children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czech Republic. Czechoslovakia--Ethnic relations--History--20th century. Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945. Enfants juifs--République tchèque--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste--République tchèque--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Holocauste, 1939-1945--République tchèque--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Tchécoslovaquie--Histoire--1938-1945--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. JUVENILE NONFICTION--History--Holocaust. JUVENILE NONFICTION--Biography & Autobiography--Historical. JUVENILE NONFICTION--Disabilities & Special Needs. Ethnic relations. Czech Republic. Czechoslovakia. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Slovakia--Bratislava--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Slovakia--Bratislava--Personal narratives. Brothers and sisters--Biography. Deaf--Biography. Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography. Children's stories. Autobiography. Biography. Biographies. History. Juvenile works. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. Hartman, Renée G. Myers, Herta. Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
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