A Mother's Promise

A powerful account of a young girl’s incredible resilience in the face of the unthinkable horror of the Holocaust, Renee Salt’s memoir is needed now more than ever. Interspersed with Kate Thompson’s intricate research, this memoir follows Renee as she is ripped from a happy childhood in Poland and f......more

Do Not Cry When I Die: A Holocaust Memoir of a Mother and Daughter’s Survival In Jewish Ghettos, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen by Renee Salt and Kate Thompson. Renee Salt retells her story of how she survived as a Jewish young girl during Nazi Occupation of her beloved home and country Poland. Kate Tho......more

5 ⭐ Oh my 😭 Honestly I've read so many books about The Holocaust that I think I know all there is to know and then another book comes along and squashes that thought. Everytime I read a new book I'm still in shock at the atrocities these people went through. Heartbreaking and so emotional to read. Could......more

This is a very honest account of being Jewish, in Poland in during the Nazi occupation. This makes it very tough reading. Through Renee’s narrative we can feel the bewilderment, her confusion and the disgust at how the general populace appeared to turn the other way. Do Not Cry When I die is also abou......more

Renee Salt and Kate Thompson, the authors of “Do Not Cry When I Die” “ A Holocaust Memoir of a Mother and Daughter’s Survival in Jewish Ghettos, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen” have written a Thought-provoking and memorable memoir. Renee Salt is now 94 years old, and her recollections of her family, t......more