description: In March 1942 Rena Kornreich, a young woman from Poland, was sent on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz. On 2 May 1945, at the end of the war, she and her sister walked free, having survived the Nazi death camps for more than three years. "Rena's Promise" is the story of their horrifying ordeal. Shortly after arriving at Auschwitz, Rena was reunited with her younger sister Danka, and her determination to fulfil the promise made to her mother to take care of her sister and bring her home became her lifeline. In the face of unimaginable hatred, cruelty and deprivation, her wellsprings of inner strength and resourcefulness enabled both of them to survive illness, murderous work details and the selections of Dr Mengele. "Rena's Promise" offers an intimate and devastating portrait of the lives of women during the Holocaust, and is an extraordinary testimony to the bonds between mothers and daughters, sisters, men and women prisoners, even prisoners and guards, as well as to the complex workings of our humanity when faced with so much that is inhuman. Above all, it is the unforgettable story of the small yet immeasurable triumph over evil of one woman's courage, love and will to live. --- Illustrated with black &amp; white photographs.
language: English
title: Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz
titlecomplete: Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz
genres: Historical, Biography, War, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Holocaust, Biography Memoir, History, World War II
ratings_count: 9474
publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson