Finder, Rena, 1929-

My survival : a girl on Schindler's list, a memoir / Girl on Schindler's list, a memoir by Rena Finder, with Joshua M. Greene. - 112 pages, [14] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

"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 laborer 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 keptthem 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 9-11. Scholastic Press. Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press.

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Finder, Rena, 1929- --Juvenile literature.
Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974 --Juvenile literature.
Finder, Rena, 1929-
Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974.


Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Juvenile literature.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)


Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Juvenile literature.
Holocaust survivors--Biography--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland--Juvenile literature.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Kraków--Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Holocaust survivors--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland.


Kraków (Poland)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Kraków (Poland)--Biography.


Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.

D804.34 / .F56 2020

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