Malka by Mirjam Pressler

Malka and her sister are sent away by their mother as soon as the roundups begin in their Polish village. As time goes on, Malka only loses more and more people as she is pushed further into a world that is not her own and she is being taught people like her shouldn't even live. Follow her heartbreaking story beginning at a mere six-years-old and watch as she grows up far too quickly in a world that no one should have had to live in. Based on a true story.