{"product_id":"renas-promise-isbn-9780807093139","title":"Rena's Promise","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn  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  \u003ci\u003eRena’s Promise\u003c\/i\u003e remind us that humanity and hope can survive inordinate brutality.CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Expanded Edition xi\u003cbr\u003ePrologue xix\u003cbr\u003eChapter One\u003ci\u003e Rena \u003c\/i\u003e1\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two \u003ci\u003eTylicz\u003c\/i\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three \u003ci\u003eSlovakia\u003c\/i\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four \u003ci\u003eAuschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e 53\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five \u003ci\u003eBirkenau (Auschwitz II)\u003c\/i\u003e 91\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six \u003ci\u003eStabsgebaude (Staff quarters)\u003c\/i\u003e 183\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven \u003ci\u003eNeustadt Glewe \u003c\/i\u003e234\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue 244\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements 256\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 259\u003cbr\u003eStudy Guide 261\"\u003ci\u003eRena’s Promise \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\"—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A poignant and important act of remembrance.” —Sir Martin Gilbert, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Holocaust: The Human Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “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 \u003ci\u003eDon’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eRena’s Promise \u003c\/i\u003ewent 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 \u003ci\u003eIn Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“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\u003cb\u003eHeather Dune Macadam\u003c\/b\u003e (Hampton Bays, New York) is a writer and educator, and the director and president of the Rena’s Promise International Creative Writing Camp. She divides her time between New York and Herefordshire, England.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300936503525,"sku":"NP9780807093139","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807093139.jpg?v=1767735635","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/renas-promise-isbn-9780807093139","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}