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Mala's cat : [a memoir of survival in World War II] / Mala Kacenberg.

by Kacenberg, Mala.

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Pegasus Books, 2022.

940.5318092 K11m

Kacenberg, Mala.

Hidden children (Holocaust) -- Poland.

Holocaust survivors -- Poland.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Poland.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Poland.

9781643139036 (hc.)

1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.

xiii, 306 p. : ill., photographs, portraits ; 24 cm.

Subtitle from cover.

The incredible true story of a young girl who navigated dangerous forests, outwitted Nazi soldiers, and survived against all odds with the companionship of a stray cat. Growing up in the Polish village of Tarnogrod on the fringes of a deep pine forest, Mala Szorer had the happiest childhood she could have hoped for. But at the age of twelve, 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. In order to survive, she walks away from everything she holds dear to live by herself in the forest, hiding not just from the Nazis but hostile villagers. She is followed by a stray cat who stays with her--and seems to come to her rescue time and time again. "Malach" the cat becomes her family and her only respite from painful loneliness, a guide, and a reminder to stay hopeful even when faced with unfathomable darkness. Filled with remarkable spiritual strength that allows readers to see the war through the innocence of a child's eyes, Mala's Cat is a powerful and unique addition to the Holocaust canon.

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