‘Do Not Cry’: A Holocaust Memoir

Renee Salt tells her story of faith and survival during the time she spent in the ghettos and concentration camps of World War II.
‘Do Not Cry’: A Holocaust Memoir
As the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp approaches, survivor Renee Salt tells her story in this moving memoir.
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“What else can I tell you about the ghetto?” asks 95-year-old Renee Salt, as she tells her life story to Kate Thompson, award-winning author of “The Little Wartime Library.” “I got up hungry and cold. I went to work and then came home with barely the energy to climb into bed and fall asleep.”

In recalling the horrid life in the ghetto, she acknowledges the trauma it caused her.

Lynn Topel
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Lynn Topel is a freelance writer and editor based in Maryland. When not busy homeschooling her sons, she enjoys reading, traveling, and trying out new places to eat.