![]() ![]() Pozniak also knew some of the surviving Jews that the heroine had saved. It is fascinating that not only did she know personally the heroine of the book for over twenty years, but they grew up in the same country, and both immigrated to America for a better life. Then they must wait, every day, for the next knock at the door, the one that could destroy everything.Ī powerful novel from a New York Times best-selling author, based on the remarkable true story of Stefania Podgórska, a Polish teenager who hid 13 Jews in her attic during World War Two.īeata Pozniak has done an amazing narration. ![]() Stefania and Helena make the extraordinary decision to hide Max and eventually 12 more Jews. ![]() Max Diamant has jumped from the train headed to a death camp. The Diamants are forced into the ghetto and Stefania is alone in an occupied city, the only one left to care for her six-year-old sister. She has even made a promise to one of their sons, Izio - an engagement they must keep secret since she is Catholic and the Diamants are Jewish.īut everything changes when the German army invades Przemsyl. It is 1943 and 16-year-old Stefania Podgórska has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemsyl, Poland, for four years. One knock at the door could be the death of them all. ![]() Death penalty for all who give aid to a Jew.ĭeath to all who provide transportation to a Jew. ![]()
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