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    Rena's Promise

    A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz

    Part of Beacon Classics

    Author Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam
    Hardcover
    $25.00 US
    | $34.00 CAN
    Beacon Press
    On sale Feb 02, 2027 | 288 Pages | 9780807026397
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    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

    In 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.
    This is a book filled with melancholy wisdom and bitter artistry.... A miraculous message...a voice which we must heed and honor. --Mike Fink, Rhode Island Jewish Herald

    "A personal story of courage....[Rena's] first-person account is an illustration of the power of love, even in the face of the Nazi killing machine." --Paul Nowell, Associated Press

    "Deeply moving." --Dena Taylor, San Francisco Chronicle
    Rena Kornreich Gelissen lives with her husband in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Heather Dune Macadam, a freelance writer, lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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    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

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    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

    In 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.

    Reviews

    This is a book filled with melancholy wisdom and bitter artistry.... A miraculous message...a voice which we must heed and honor. --Mike Fink, Rhode Island Jewish Herald

    "A personal story of courage....[Rena's] first-person account is an illustration of the power of love, even in the face of the Nazi killing machine." --Paul Nowell, Associated Press

    "Deeply moving." --Dena Taylor, San Francisco Chronicle

    Author

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

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    Educator Guide for Rena's Promise

    Classroom-based guides appropriate for schools and colleges provide pre-reading and classroom activities, discussion questions connected to the curriculum, further reading, and resources.

    (Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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    Table of Contents

    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

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