Bookclub 4th & 5th grade: “My Survival: A Girl on Shindler's List "

Coordinator: Brittaney Adamson

Grades: 4th & 5th

Book: My Survival: A Girl on Shindler's List

By: Rena Finder

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Please have your children read the book before coming to bookclub.

Book description: The astonishing true story of a girl who survived the Holocaust thanks to Oskar Schindler, of Schindler's List fame. Rena Finder was only eleven when the Nazis forced her and her family -- along with all the other Jewish families -- into the ghetto in Krakow, Poland. Rena worked as a slave laborer with scarcely any food and watched as friends and family were sent away. Then Rena and her mother ended up working for Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who employed Jewish prisoners in his factory and kept them fed and healthy. But Rena's nightmares were not over. She and her mother were deported to the concentration camp Auschwitz. With great cunning, it was Schindler who set out to help them escape. Here in her own words is Rena's gripping story of survival, perseverance, tragedy, and hope. Including pictures from Rena's personal collection and from the time period, this unforgettable memoir introduces young readers to an astounding and necessary piece of history.

Any disclaimers about book’s content: Holocaust

Activity: Final Reflection of My Survival activity

Discussion topics:  

- How did Oskar Schindler help Jews during the Holocaust? 

- What was the underground?

- Gow can you help people in your everyday life?

- Think of an exampleof a person who has made a difference in this world.