Mala's cat

Provides a memoir of the author describing her experiences as a Polish Jew surviving the atrocities of the Holocaust. At fifteen, Mala was forced to flee to the surrounding forests of her village with her cat Malach after learning her family had been rounded up for deportation. Malach--the Hebrew name for angel--becomes Mala's family and a guardian of sorts who helps her survive near starvation, threats of capture, emigration to Germany, and the death of her family.