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Omg Jenn... You should just make an industrial sized order of all the saddest books in the entire world. You would be content for life! LOL

Heather Dune Macadam I hope that you weren't simply sad by Rena's story--she wouldn't want you to be sad. She wants you to feel hope. She wants you to know how many people…moreI hope that you weren't simply sad by Rena's story--she wouldn't want you to be sad. She wants you to feel hope. She wants you to know how many people helped she and her sister to survive and how important the smallest act of kindness changed their lives and their will to survive. Love is never sad--it is power;) hdm(less)

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More people should read this...why would the world forget about this time n history?

Heather Dune Macadam Thanks for that. I just wrote an Op-Ed about this very point. I think Rena's story is so different than others' because her message is about love, not…moreThanks for that. I just wrote an Op-Ed about this very point. I think Rena's story is so different than others' because her message is about love, not horror. Random acts of Kindness ARE random acts of courage--and every person who helped she and her sister survive are heroes, be they a Kapo (like Emma), a gentile prisoner, or an anonymous Polish woman on the death march... and let's not forget Andrzej!

What I want people to know is that these young women, who were not only the First Jewish women in Auschwitz, but on the First Jewish Transport to Auschwitz have largely been forgotten by history and they deserve to be honored, recognize and revered. They are a reminder that young women today are still targets of genocide and that has to stop! (less)

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