{"product_id":"9780702333125","title":"Signs of Survival","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hartman, Renee \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eGeneral fiction (Children's \/ Teenage)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 January 2024 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 12 | 96g\u003chr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– together. This is their true story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRENEE: I was ten years old then, and my sister was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeight. The responsibility was on me to warn everyone when the soldiers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewere coming because my sister and both my parents were deaf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was my family's ears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta and their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edoor. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approached\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir home so they could hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut soon their parents were tragically taken away, and the two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esisters went on the run, desperate to find a safe place to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually they, too, would be captured and taken to the concentration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecamp Bergen-Belsen. Communicating in sign language and relying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon each other for strength in the midst of illness, death and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estarvation, Renee and Herta would have to fight to survive the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edarkest of times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gripping memoir, told in a vivid 'oral history' format, is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea testament to the power of sisterhood and love, and now more than\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eever a reminder of how important it is to honour the past, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ekeep telling our own stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA memoir of the Holocaust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for those who want to learn more about the experiences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof people during this period of time in history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with Joshua M. Greene, a renowned Holocaust scholar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hartman, Renee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51010967961937,"sku":"9780702333125","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/0909\/8833\/files\/9780702333125.jpg?v=1745487966","url":"https:\/\/shop.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk\/products\/9780702333125","provider":"The Alligator's Mouth Children's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}