Renee Salt and Kate Thompson talk to Cheryl about Renee’s harrowing experiences during the Holocaust, her survival, and the lasting impact of trauma and resilience. Kate discusses how she captured Renee’s vivid memories through recorded conversations, exploring both the pain and the significance of remembering. Co-written by Kate Thompson and Holocaust survivor Renee Salt, A Mother’s Promise is out now.

About The Authors

Kate Thompson an award-winning journalist, ghostwriter and novelist who has spent the past two decades in the UK mass market and book publishing industry. Over the past seven years Kate has written nine fiction and non-fiction titles, three of which have made the Sunday Times top ten bestseller list. Secrets of the Homefront Girls will be her tenth book.

Rene Salt was the only member of her immediate family to survive the Holocaust. After the Holocaust, Renee retuned to her hometown to try and find any surviving members of her family and found an aunt who was living in Łódź, who she moved in with. At the end of 1945, Renee’s aunt married and they moved to Germany. From there they moved to Paris, where Renee met Charles who was with the British Army. They married in 1949 and had two children. Renee lives in north London and has 5 grandchildren. Renee regularly speaks in schools about her experiences during the Holocaust.