Frank Carlson Library

A biography stressing the childhood of the woman who overcame the handicaps of being blind and deaf.

A biography of the blind and deaf woman who rose above her physical disabilities to international renown and who helped other handicapped persons to live fuller lives.

"A simple biography of the blind and deaf woman who spent her life writing and helping others with similar disabilities"--Title page verso.

"Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable -- together. This is their true story. As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta, and their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert her parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approached their home so they could hide. But soon their parents were tragically taken away, and...