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Mala's Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781643139036
- Book Title
- Mala's Cat : a Memoir of Survival in World War II
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Pets, Nature, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Women, Holocaust, Military / World War II, Cats / General, Animals / General, Jewish
- Item Weight
- 22.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-10
1643139037
ISBN-13
9781643139036
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7050395085
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mala's Cat : a Memoir of Survival in World War II
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Holocaust, Military / World War II, Cats / General, Animals / General, Jewish
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Pets, Nature, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
22.7 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-279025
Reviews
In this gorgeous debut, Kacenberg shares her harrowing and courageous story of surviving the Holocaust. This moving account is a welcome addition to the canon of WWII memoirs., Despite the difficulties that inhere in Holocaust memoir -- we believe we know this history, and its subject matter defies language -- Mala's Cat is fresh, unsentimental and utterly unpredictable. The memoir is a chronicle of Kacenberg's astonishing creativity, intelligence, courage, and plain old chutzpah. She is wise beyond her years, knowing when she needs to eat and sleep and grieve, and even when she needs to do what is not wise. The stories of the 25,000 Jews who survived the war in the woods of Eastern Europe are just beginning to come to light. This memoir, rescued from obscurity by the efforts of Mala Kacenberg's five children, should be read and cherished as a new, vital document of a history that must never be allowed to vanish., "An unforgettable memoir, "Mala's Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II" by Mala Kacenberg is a compelling true life story of remarkable spiritual strength that allows her readers to see the war through the innocence of a child's eyes. "Mala's Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II" is a powerfully written, extraordinarily, compelling, invaluable and unique addition to the World War II Holocaust canon.", A remarkable tale of survival, in which Jewish life in pre-war Poland and the atrocities of the Holocaust appear through an almost dreamlike lens of childhood memory.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
940.5318092
Synopsis
The incredible true story of a young girl who navigated dangerous forests, outwitted Nazi soldiers, and survived against all odds with the companionship of a stray cat. Growing up in the Polish village of Tarnogrod on the fringes of a deep pine forest, Mala Szorer had the happiest childhood she could have hoped for. But at the age of twelve, as the German invasion begins, her beloved village becomes a ghetto and her family and friends reduced to starvation. She takes matters into her own hands and bravely removes her yellow star, risking sneaking out to the surrounding villages to barter for food. It is on her way back that she sees her loved ones rounded up for deportation, and receives a smuggled letter from her sister warning her to stay away. In order to survive, she walks away from everything she holds dear to live by herself in the forest, hiding not just from the Nazis but hostile villagers. She is followed by a stray cat who stays with her--and seems to come to her rescue time and time again. "Malach" the cat becomes her family and her only respite from painful loneliness, a guide, and areminder to stay hopeful even when faced with unfathomable darkness. Filled with remarkable spiritual strength that allows readers to see the war through the innocence of a child's eyes, Mala's Cat is a powerful and unique addition to the Holocaust canon., I was only twelve-and-a-half years old when the shadow of the Third Reich fell across Europe. As the nightmare of the German invasion of my defenseless country began, I was more concerned with my schoolbooks and my family and friends than with the ramifications of war. I could not even begin to imagine the extent of the horrors that were soon to follow.... The passage of time since those dreadful days does not blur the images of the depths to which humanity can sink. They remain indelibly and brutally engraved in my brain. And yet, because of the enormity of the crimes, if they are to be remembered at all, I must record history as I, Mala Szorer, witnessed it.... There is an old saying that "others may fear what the morrow will bring, but I must tell the world what happened yesterday." My story may seem fantastic or fanciful, but it is all true. For to face the future one has to understand the past. Book jacket.
LC Classification Number
DS134.72.K33A3 2022
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