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Rena's Promise| Media: | Paperback | | Author: | Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen | | Publisher: | Beacon Press | | Release date: | 30 October, 1996 | | List price: | $16.00 |
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Horrific and uplifting |
I am still trying to come to terms with the Holocaust,although it happened long before I was born. I am trying to understand how humans could act with such incredible hatred and cruelty toward their fellow humans.
This book has helped me in a different way.It has shown me how holding on to the sanctity of life can allow you to act in a totally selfless way.Rena promised she would bring her baby sister Danka back to Mama.The two endured years of struggle,and starvation,and disease and unspeakable cruelty,and they did it with the goal of freedom in sight. Day after miserable day.Year after miserable year.Rena's tenacity in keeping her promise shows just how good a human being can be when she is without greed,or vindictiveness. When she is faced with seemingly one insurmountable challenge after another.
I will keep the memory of Rena and Danka and her family,and the lives of the women that Rena touched in Auschwitz the rest of my life.
If you have a need to reaffirm your belief in the basic goodness of human nature,I suggest you read this book.In it you will find the worst a human can be,but in the end,who won out? Not the nazis .But Rena and Danka and thousands of others who simply hung on and endured. |
| Rena's Promise - Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen |
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Outstanding tale of love and evil. |
There have been many first person accounts of the concentration camps. Rena's story is among the most detailed and gripping.
Rena as a young woman turned herself in as a Jew in order to prevent problems for a family that was helping her. Little did she know of the ordeal that lie ahead. And when I say ordeal that does not begin to describe the terrifying journey that Rena takes.
In the camps, Rena is eventually reunited with her sister Danka and makes a promise to her (hence the title of the book) that if she (Danka) is to be killed Rena will go with her. They will die or live together. As the story unfolds you really grasp the utter evil of the Nazi's as they played their evil games with the prisoners. How Rena and Danka manage to escape deaths door on so many occasions is a miracle. But they do. Yet the pain and suffering they experience is unimaginable. And the pain and suffering of those who meet untimely, unthinkable torture and deaths is described too.
Whenever I am tempted to whine or moan or b*tch about something, I think of Rena and Danka and their incredible endurance. It puts my problems in perspective. The book also has made me appreciate the little things, like a hot shower or good book, a warm meal or a lazy morning sleeping. Things that Rena and Danka never received but could only dream of.
This is a graphic book, but one that can change your way of thinking of life. A truly bold tale that opens your eyes to the deepest evil and the strongest love.
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| Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen - Rena's Promise |
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Fantastic Read! |
| This book was very touching and intriguing. It flowed well and kept me interested throughout the entire book. I finished it in 3 days. The writers detail of her experience is so gripping you feel as if you are with her in the concentration camp. Great read! |
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