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

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Label

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

Title remainder

a girl on Schindler's List : a memoir

Statement of responsibility

by Rena Finder, with Joshua M. Greene

Title variation

Girl on Schindler's list

Title variation remainder

a memoir

Creator

• trueFinder, Rena, 1929-

Contributor

• Greene, Joshua M

Author

• trueFinder, Rena, 1929-
• Greene, Joshua M

Subject

• Finder, Rena, 1929- -- Juvenile literature
• trueHolocaust (1933-1945) -- Children
• trueHolocaust survivors
• Holocaust survivors -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives | Juvenile literature
• Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Poland | Kraków -- Biography
• trueJewish girls
• trueJews, Polish
• trueKrakow (Poland)
• Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Juvenile literature
• trueConcentration camp inmates, Fiction
• Kraków (Poland) -- Biography
• trueRescues
• Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974 -- Juvenile literature
• trueWomen -- Biography
• trueWorld War II -- Jews | Rescue -- Poland
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Poland -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• trueBiography
• Juvenile literature
• truePersonal narratives

Language

eng

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 labourer 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

Storyline

• trueOwn voices

Tone

• trueSerious
• trueEmotionally intense
• trueThought-provoking

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

NJQ/DLC

Dewey number

940.5318

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Ages 9-11
• Grades 4-6

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 8

Target audience

juvenile