Do not cry when I die : a Holocaust memoir of a mother and daughter's survival in Jewish ghettos, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen / Renee Salt with Kate Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salt, Renee, author.

Thompson, Kate, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

World War, 1939-1945--Jews.

World War, 1939-1945.

Jews--Persecutions--Poland.

Jews.

Salt, Renee.

Salt, Sala.

Auschwitz (Concentration camp).

Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp).

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

illustration

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Alcove Press, 2025.

Summary:

"When German soldiers invaded Poland in September 1939, it began a six year journey for then-ten-year-old Renee Salt and her mother Sala. Until their liberation in 1945, Renee and Sala were imprisoned in ghettos and concentration camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen. The only light in the darkness and brutality for Renee was the unwavering grasp of her mother's hand in hers-enduring, against all odds. After suffering the nightmarish conditions at Bergen-Belsen, Renee and her mother were liberated in April 1945-but Sala died soon after they were saved. To this day, Renee attributes her survival to the love and bravery of her beloved mother." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Home

The beginning

Gallows and prayers

Stenia

Ł̤dz

Hunger

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lost hope

Germany

Mama

Bergen-Belsen

Liberation

Do not cry when I die

Learning to live

Paris

Charles

Surviving

New beginnings

Revisiting the past

Testimony

Laying the ghosts to rest

Now

Epilogue: answers

In search of Renee's past by Kate Thompson

Testimony from Renee's children

The archive of lost lives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253).

ISBN:

9798892420792

9798892421546

OCLC:

1474897861

Publisher Number:

90101531452