Mala's cat / Mala Kacenberg.
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TextPublisher: London : Michael Joseph, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: xii, 305 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780241503652; 0241503655Subject(s): Kacenberg, Mala | Hidden children (Holocaust) -- Poland | Holocaust survivors -- Poland -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Poland | World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Poland -- Biography | Malach (Cat)Genre/Form: Autobiographies. Summary: A moving Holocaust memoir about the unlikely friendship between a young Jewish girl and a stray cat and their survival against the odds. Growing up in the Polish village of Tarnogrod on the fringes of a deep pine forest, gives Mala the happiest childhood she could have hoped for. But, 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. With only her cat, Malach, and the strength of the stories taught by her family, she walks away from everything she holds dear.
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A moving Holocaust memoir about the unlikely friendship between a young Jewish girl and a stray cat and their survival against the odds. Growing up in the Polish village of Tarnogrod on the fringes of a deep pine forest, gives Mala the happiest childhood she could have hoped for. But, 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. With only her cat, Malach, and the strength of the stories taught by her family, she walks away from everything she holds dear.
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