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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781250244024
- Book Title
- Renia's Diary : a Holocaust Journal
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Holocaust, Military / World War II, Historical, Jewish
- Item Weight
- 19.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
1250244021
ISBN-13
9781250244024
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23038873150
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Book Title
Renia's Diary : a Holocaust Journal
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Holocaust, Military / World War II, Historical, Jewish
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
19.1 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.6 in
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2019-024270
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"Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future. But for this diary she would have gone, together with millions of others, into the cruel oblivion that was the fate of most Holocaust victims. Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten." --from introduction by Deborah Lipstadt, Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose. She was also living out in the world instead of in seclusion. Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience. At a time when the Holocaust has receded so far into the past that even the youngest survivors are elderly, it's especially powerful to discover a youthful voice like Renia's, describing the events in real time."--journalist Robin Shulman, for Smithsonian magazine "When you read a diary and then another and another, you realize what we all know about ourselves and about our own time... For those people whose lives were taken from them in such a brutal and unjust way, especially so young, to be able to preserve that memory and share it, I think is an act of really profound humanity."--Alexandra Zapruder, expert in young wartime diarists, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event "Reading Renia's dramatic and moving diary you realize how quickly the world we think we know can completely change. We never expected our magazines to reach mailboxes the very same weekend as the worst attack against Jews in American history."-- Albert Horvath, Smithsonian's chief operating officer, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event, "Touching, poetic chronicle" -- The Los Angelous Times "The publication of Renia's Diary offers a reminder of the power of bearing witness." -- The New York Times "A must-read." -- Addison Independent "A terribly poignant work that conveys the brutal reality of the time through intimate connection with a young person."-- Kirkus Review "Moving [and] riveting... this epic, layered story of survival serves as an important Holocaust document."-- Publishers Weekly "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future...Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten."-- from the Introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose...Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience."-- Robin Shulman, Smithsonian magazine, "Moving [and] riveting... this epic, layered story of survival serves as an important Holocaust document." -- Publishers Weekly "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future...Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten." --from introduction by, Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose...Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience. At a time when the Holocaust has receded so far into the past that even the youngest survivors are elderly, it's especially powerful to discover a youthful voice like Renia's, describing the events in real time."--journalist Robin Shulman, for Smithsonian magazine "When you read a diary and then another and another, you realize what we all know about ourselves and about our own time... For those people whose lives were taken from them in such a brutal and unjust way, especially so young, to be able to preserve that memory and share it, I think is an act of really profound humanity."--Alexandra Zapruder, expert in young wartime diarists, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event "Reading Renia's dramatic and moving diary you realize how quickly the world we think we know can completely change. We never expected our magazines to reach mailboxes the very same weekend as the worst attack against Jews in American history."-- Albert Horvath, Smithsonian's chief operating officer, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event, "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future...Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten." --from introduction by, Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose...Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience. At a time when the Holocaust has receded so far into the past that even the youngest survivors are elderly, it's especially powerful to discover a youthful voice like Renia's, describing the events in real time."--journalist Robin Shulman, for Smithsonian magazine "When you read a diary and then another and another, you realize what we all know about ourselves and about our own time... For those people whose lives were taken from them in such a brutal and unjust way, especially so young, to be able to preserve that memory and share it, I think is an act of really profound humanity."--Alexandra Zapruder, expert in young wartime diarists, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event "Reading Renia's dramatic and moving diary you realize how quickly the world we think we know can completely change. We never expected our magazines to reach mailboxes the very same weekend as the worst attack against Jews in American history."-- Albert Horvath, Smithsonian's chief operating officer, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event, "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose. She was also living out in the world instead of in seclusion. Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience. At a time when the Holocaust has receded so far into the past that even the youngest survivors are elderly, it's especially powerful to discover a youthful voice like Renia's, describing the events in real time."--journalist Robin Shulman, for Smithsonian magazine "When you read a diary and then another and another, you realize what we all know about ourselves and about our own time... For those people whose lives were taken from them in such a brutal and unjust way, especially so young, to be able to preserve that memory and share it, I think is an act of really profound humanity."--Alexandra Zapruder, expert in young wartime diarists, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event "Reading Renia's dramatic and moving diary you realize how quickly the world we think we know can completely change. We never expected our magazines to reach mailboxes the very same weekend as the worst attack against Jews in American history."-- Albert Horvath, Smithsonian's chief operating officer, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event, "A terribly poignant work that conveys the brutal reality of the time through intimate connection with a young person."-- Kirkus Review "Moving [and] riveting... this epic, layered story of survival serves as an important Holocaust document."-- Publishers Weekly "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future...Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten."--from the Introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose...Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience."--Robin Shulman, Smithsonian magazine, "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future. But for this diary she would have gone, together with millions of others, into the cruel oblivion that was the fate of most Holocaust victims. Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten." --from introduction by, Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose. She was also living out in the world instead of in seclusion. Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience. At a time when the Holocaust has receded so far into the past that even the youngest survivors are elderly, it's especially powerful to discover a youthful voice like Renia's, describing the events in real time."--journalist Robin Shulman, for Smithsonian magazine "When you read a diary and then another and another, you realize what we all know about ourselves and about our own time... For those people whose lives were taken from them in such a brutal and unjust way, especially so young, to be able to preserve that memory and share it, I think is an act of really profound humanity."--Alexandra Zapruder, expert in young wartime diarists, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event "Reading Renia's dramatic and moving diary you realize how quickly the world we think we know can completely change. We never expected our magazines to reach mailboxes the very same weekend as the worst attack against Jews in American history."-- Albert Horvath, Smithsonian's chief operating officer, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event, "A terribly poignant work that conveys the brutal reality of the time through intimate connection with a young person."-- Kirkus Review "Moving [and] riveting... this epic, layered story of survival serves as an important Holocaust document."-- Publishers Weekly "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future...Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten."-- from the Introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose...Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience."-- Robin Shulman, Smithsonian magazine, "A must-read." -- Addison Independent "A terribly poignant work that conveys the brutal reality of the time through intimate connection with a young person."-- Kirkus Review "Moving [and] riveting... this epic, layered story of survival serves as an important Holocaust document."-- Publishers Weekly "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future...Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten."-- from the Introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose...Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience."-- Robin Shulman, Smithsonian magazine, "A terribly poignant work that conveys the brutal reality of the time through intimate connection with a young person."-- Kirkus Review "Moving [and] riveting... this epic, layered story of survival serves as an important Holocaust document."-- Publishers Weekly "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future...Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten."--from the Introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose...Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience. At a time when the Holocaust has receded so far into the past that even the youngest survivors are elderly, it's especially powerful to discover a youthful voice like Renia's, describing the events in real time."--Robin Shulman, Smithsonian magazine, "[A] touching, poetic chronicle" -- Los Angeles Times "The publication of Renia's Diary offers a reminder of the power of bearing witness." -- The New York Times "A must-read." -- Addison Independent "A terribly poignant work that conveys the brutal reality of the time through intimate connection with a young person."-- Kirkus Review "Moving [and] riveting... this epic, layered story of survival serves as an important Holocaust document."-- Publishers Weekly "The diary is a lens into a life cut tragically short, and because the experience of her youth was all she had, her teenage angst takes on a poignancy it otherwise wouldn't have." -- Jewish Book Council "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future...Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten."-- from the Introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose...Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience."-- Robin Shulman, Smithsonian magazine, "A work which shows us that the worst atrocities of the twentieth century did not happen overnight, they happened slowly and painfully against the backdrop of the lives and loves of ordinary people" - Andrew McMillan, author of playtime and physical "Moving [and] riveting... this epic, layered story of survival serves as an important Holocaust document." -- Publishers Weekly "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future...Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten." --from introduction by, Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose...Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience. At a time when the Holocaust has receded so far into the past that even the youngest survivors are elderly, it's especially powerful to discover a youthful voice like Renia's, describing the events in real time."--journalist Robin Shulman, for Smithsonian magazine "When you read a diary and then another and another, you realize what we all know about ourselves and about our own time... For those people whose lives were taken from them in such a brutal and unjust way, especially so young, to be able to preserve that memory and share it, I think is an act of really profound humanity."--Alexandra Zapruder, expert in young wartime diarists, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event "Reading Renia's dramatic and moving diary you realize how quickly the world we think we know can completely change. We never expected our magazines to reach mailboxes the very same weekend as the worst attack against Jews in American history."-- Albert Horvath, Smithsonian's chief operating officer, at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum event, "[T]ouching, poetic chronicle" -- The Los Angelous Times "[T]he publication of Renia's Diary offers a reminder of the power of bearing witness." -- The New York Times "A must-read." -- Addison Independent "A terribly poignant work that conveys the brutal reality of the time through intimate connection with a young person."-- Kirkus Review "Moving [and] riveting... this epic, layered story of survival serves as an important Holocaust document."-- Publishers Weekly "Renia Spiegel, a young girl so filled with a zest for life and possessed of an ability to describe in prose and in poetry the beauty of the world around her, was denied with one bullet what she so wanted: a future...Those who saved the diary and those who worked to bring it to print, have "rescued" her. They could not save her from a cruel fate. Nor could they give her that future she so desired. But they have rescued her from the added pain of having been forgotten."-- from the Introduction by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Holocaust History at Emory University and the author of Antisemitism: Here and Now "Readers will naturally contrast Renia's diary with Anne Frank's. Renia was a little older and more sophisticated, writing frequently in poetry as well as in prose...Reading such different firsthand accounts reminds us that each of the Holocaust's millions of victims had a unique and dramatic experience."-- Robin Shulman, Smithsonian magazine
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
940.53088296
Synopsis
A New York Times bestseller A USA Today bestseller The long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman's life during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into English Renia Spiegel was born in 1924 to an upper-middle class Jewish family living in southeastern Poland, near what was at that time the border with Romania. At the start of 1939 Renia began a diary. "I just want a friend. I want somebody to talk to about my everyday worries and joys. Somebody who would feel what I feel, who would believe me, who would never reveal my secrets. A human being can never be such a friend and that's why I have decided to look for a confidant in the form of a diary." And so begins an extraordinary document of an adolescent girl's hopes and dreams. By the fall of 1939, Renia and her younger sister Elizabeth (n e Ariana) were staying with their grandparents in Przemysl, a city in the south, just as the German and Soviet armies invaded Poland. Cut off from their mother, who was in Warsaw, Renia and her family were plunged into war. Like Anne Frank, Renia's diary became a record of her daily life as the Nazis spread throughout Europe. Renia writes of her mundane school life, her daily drama with best friends, falling in love with her boyfriend Zygmund, as well as the agony of missing her mother, separated by bombs and invading armies. Renia had aspirations to be a writer, and the diary is filled with her poignant and thoughtful poetry. When she was forced into the city's ghetto with the other Jews, Zygmund is able to smuggle her out to hide with his parents, taking Renia out of the ghetto, but not, ultimately to safety. The diary ends in July 1942, completed by Zygmund, after Renia is murdered by the Gestapo. Renia's Diary has been translated from the original Polish, and includes a preface, afterword, and notes by her surviving sister, Elizabeth Bellak. An extraordinary historical document, Renia Spiegel survives through the beauty of her words and the efforts of those who loved her and preserved her legacy., A New York Times bestseller A USA Today bestseller The long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman's life during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into English Renia Spiegel was born in 1924 to an upper-middle class Jewish family living in southeastern Poland, near what was at that time the border with Romania. At the start of 1939 Renia began a diary. "I just want a friend. I want somebody to talk to about my everyday worries and joys. Somebody who would feel what I feel, who would believe me, who would never reveal my secrets. A human being can never be such a friend and that's why I have decided to look for a confidant in the form of a diary." And so begins an extraordinary document of an adolescent girl's hopes and dreams. By the fall of 1939, Renia and her younger sister Elizabeth (née Ariana) were staying with their grandparents in Przemysl, a city in the south, just as the German and Soviet armies invaded Poland. Cut off from their mother, who was in Warsaw, Renia and her family were plunged into war. Like Anne Frank, Renia's diary became a record of her daily life as the Nazis spread throughout Europe. Renia writes of her mundane school life, her daily drama with best friends, falling in love with her boyfriend Zygmund, as well as the agony of missing her mother, separated by bombs and invading armies. Renia had aspirations to be a writer, and the diary is filled with her poignant and thoughtful poetry. When she was forced into the city's ghetto with the other Jews, Zygmund is able to smuggle her out to hide with his parents, taking Renia out of the ghetto, but not, ultimately to safety. The diary ends in July 1942, completed by Zygmund, after Renia is murdered by the Gestapo. Renia's Diary has been translated from the original Polish, and includes a preface, afterword, and notes by her surviving sister, Elizabeth Bellak. An extraordinary historical document, Renia Spiegel survives through the beauty of her words and the efforts of those who loved her and preserved her legacy.
LC Classification Number
DS134.72.S68A313
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