In Nazi-occupied France in 1941, four-year-old Ruth Kapp learns that it is dangerous to use her own name. "Remember," her older cousin Jeannette warns her, "your name is Renee and you are French!" A deeply personal book, this true story recounts the chilling experiences of a young Jewish girl during the Holocaust. The Kapp family flees one home after another, helped by simple, ordinary people from the French countryside who risk their lives to protect them. Eventually the family is forced to separate, and young Ruth survives the war in an orphanage where she is not allowed to see or even mention her parents. Without the trappings of lofty language or the faceless perspective of history, this first-person account poignantly recreates the terror of war seen through the eyes of an innocent child. Your Name Is Renee is a tale of suffering and redemption, fear and hope, which is bound to stir even the most hardened heart.

Your Name Is Renée: Ruth Kapp Hartz's Story as a Hidden Child in Nazi-Occupied France

History

Cretzmeyer, Stacy

Military

Oxford University Press

In Nazi-occupied France in 1941, four-year-old Ruth Kapp learns that it is dangerous to use her own name. "Remember," her older cousin Jeannette warns her, "your name is Renee and you are French!" A deeply personal book, this true story recounts the chilling experiences of a young Jewish girl during the Holocaust. The Kapp family flees one home after another, helped by simple, ordinary people from the French countryside who risk their lives to protect them. Eventually the family is forced to separate, and young Ruth survives the war in an orphanage where she is not allowed to see or even mention her parents. Without the trappings of lofty language or the faceless perspective of history, this first-person account poignantly recreates the terror of war seen through the eyes of an innocent child. Your Name Is Renee is a tale of suffering and redemption, fear and hope.

Children's Books

Biographies

Oxford University Press, U.S.A.

Dès l'âge de quatre ans, Ruth raconte son histoire avec la voix de l'enfant juive forcée à prendre le nom de Renée, une histoire qui est le témoignage des événements effroyables sous l'Occupation en France par les nazis. Les dangers se multipliant, le père de Renée fuit et se cache chez un agriculteur. Renée est séparée de sa mère et envoyée au couvent de Sorèze. Parler de ses parents est interdit, et elle ne reçoit qu'un petit sac de bonbons comme preuve que sa mère est toujours vivante. Cette histoire poignante montre le courage des gens du village et de la Mère supérieure, qui risquèrent leurs vies pour protéger Ruth/Renée et sa famille.

Tu t'appelles Renée

Stacy Cretzmeyer

Beate Klarsfeld

Ruth Kapp Hartz

Hartz, Ruth Kapp

Europe

Beach Lloyd

Your Name Is Renee: Ruth's Story As a Hidden Child (World War 2)

Biddle Publishing Company

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