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 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.
Book Genres Autobiography/Biography, Narrative Nonfiction
Canadian Rights Yes
Dewey B
Title alpha My Survival: A Girl on Schindler's List
Level Nonfiction Middle Plus
Pages Count 144
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Rena Finder (1929– ). Oskar Schindler (1908–1974). Auschwitz (concentration camp). Jewish Holocaust (1939–1945). Holocaust survivors. Rescue of Jews from Poland during World War II (1939–1945). Jewish children in the Holocaust. Kraków, Poland.
Trim Size 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2019-12-25
JLG Release Date Apr 2020
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle Plus
Nonfiction Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
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