Danka Dresner is Juda and Mrs. Dresner’s daughter, Genia’s cousin, and Janek Dresner’s sister. She works as a clearing woman in a Luftwaffe (air force) base near Cracow. During the liquidation of the ghetto, she is temporarily separated from her mother when she is allowed to hide behind a fake wall, but her mother is forced to stay outside. Though she and her mother come close to dying when the “Schindler women” are shipped to Auschwitz, ultimately Schindler rescues them.
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Danka Dresner Character Timeline in Schindler’s List
The timeline below shows where the character Danka Dresner appears in Schindler’s List. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 16
Danka Dresner, cousin of “Redcap” Genia, is 14. She works as a cleaning woman at a...
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Mrs. Dresner tells Danka to hide with the neighbor’s parents behind the fake wall. Since she has nowhere to...
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