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Rena's Promise

A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz

Authors: Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelissen

“One of the most accurate accounts and the only account of the first women’s camp in Auschwitz. This is a book historians will refer to for years to come.”—Irena Strezlecka, Director of the Museum of Women at Auschwitz

A new Beacon Classics edition of the powerful memoir about 2 sisters’ determination to survive during the Holocaust

In March 1942, Rena Kornreich and 997 other young women were rounded up and forced onto the first Jewish transport of women to Auschwitz. Soon after, Rena was reunited with her sister, Danka, at the camp, beginning a story of love and courage that would last 3 years and 41 days. From smuggling bread for their friends to narrowly escaping the ever-present threats that loomed at every turn, the compelling events in Rena’s Promise remind us that humanity and hope can survive inordinate brutality.