Signs of Survival

Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable– together. This is their true story.RENEE: I was ten years old then, and my sister waseight. The responsibility was on me to warn everyone when the soldierswere coming because my sister and both my parents were deaf.I was my family's ears.As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta and theirparents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to theirdoor. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alerther parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approachedtheir home so they could hide.But soon their parents were tragically taken away, and the twosisters went on the run, desperate to find a safe place to hide.Eventually they, too, would be captured and taken to the concentrationcamp Bergen-Belsen. Communicating in sign language and relyingon each other for strength in the midst of illness, death andstarvation, Renee and Herta would have to fight to survive thedarkest of times.This gripping memoir, told in a vivid 'oral history' format, isa testament to the power of sisterhood and love, and now more thanever a reminder of how important it is to honour the past, andkeep telling our own stories. A memoir of the HolocaustPerfect for those who want to learn more about the experiencesof people during this period of time in historyWritten with Joshua M. Greene, a renowned Holocaust scholar.