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Resistance Girl Renée: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story
She will do anything to bring her family back together.
Berlin, 1939. When her beloved hometown of Berlin falls under Nazi rule, 14-year-old Ruth takes her younger sisters by the hand and boards a train bound for Belgium. Courageous and resourceful, she vows to do all she can to keep the three of them safe and together.
But as the war progresses swiftly through Europe, even Belgium becomes perilous for the three Jewish girls. Forced to separate from her sisters, Ruth’s path takes her to France, directly into the ranks of the underground resistance, where she is determined to take her fate back into her own hands.
Armed with a new identity and a burning desire to fight back against the forces that tore her family apart, Ruth becomes Renée – a new name to go with her newfound calling. But even as she risks constant capture while smuggling children over the border to the safety of their families’ arms, the promise of ever being reunited with her own sisters seems to slip further and further away.
Resistance Girl Renée is an unbelievable true story of courage and survival during World War II – and of a young girl’s determination to fight for good in the face of pure evil.
Previously published as A Girl Called Renée.
Berlin, 1939. When her beloved hometown of Berlin falls under Nazi rule, 14-year-old Ruth takes her younger sisters by the hand and boards a train bound for Belgium. Courageous and resourceful, she vows to do all she can to keep the three of them safe and together.
But as the war progresses swiftly through Europe, even Belgium becomes perilous for the three Jewish girls. Forced to separate from her sisters, Ruth’s path takes her to France, directly into the ranks of the underground resistance, where she is determined to take her fate back into her own hands.
Armed with a new identity and a burning desire to fight back against the forces that tore her family apart, Ruth becomes Renée – a new name to go with her newfound calling. But even as she risks constant capture while smuggling children over the border to the safety of their families’ arms, the promise of ever being reunited with her own sisters seems to slip further and further away.
Resistance Girl Renée is an unbelievable true story of courage and survival during World War II – and of a young girl’s determination to fight for good in the face of pure evil.
Previously published as A Girl Called Renée.
198 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 29, 2024
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Ruth Uzrad
4 books11 followersRuth (Schutz) Uzrad was born in Berlin in 1925, the eldest of three daughters, to a religious Jewish family. During WWII she escaped to Belgium and continued her flight to the south of France, where she spent her teenage years before finally arriving in Israel in 1945. In Israel she became a pioneer and founder of a new kibbutz on the conflict-ridden northern border, in close proximity to Syria. In later years, she studied nursing and became the kibbutz nurse. Together with her husband, David, she raised four sons. She passed away in 2015 at the age of 90, leaving behind a large family, including many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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March 10, 2025
Gripping
I could not put this one down. This first person narrative of her journey across Europe as a German Jewish child and here victorious entry to the Promised Land is visceral, raw, and inspiring. I would love to read more about starting life in the Kibbutz, enduring the 6 day War and celebrating Israel becoming a nation. The first person narrative makes this story all the more fascinating.
I could not put this one down. This first person narrative of her journey across Europe as a German Jewish child and here victorious entry to the Promised Land is visceral, raw, and inspiring. I would love to read more about starting life in the Kibbutz, enduring the 6 day War and celebrating Israel becoming a nation. The first person narrative makes this story all the more fascinating.
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