It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemsyl, Poland, singing her way into their lives and hearts.
One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make… I really enjoyed this story and especially the afterward notes.Audiobook Length: 16 hours and 11 minutes There is also a part where a thief steals money from a man’s front pocket, which causes the thief to realized the man is a Jew… But things are told and described just like that and in vague fashion, which I appreciated. ** While there are “things” that happen: violence, kissing, innuendos, a female exam, and intimacies, they are all rather vague and I feel this book could be called clean, but maybe for 18+ because of those things. This story was AMAZING! I listened to the audiobook, and the fact that it was narrated by a Polish-speaking woman just made it so much more real. It amazed me, the lengths Stefania and her sister were willing to go to protect the Jews they were hiding. The author took bits and facts and put them together beautifully! This is a painful and beautiful fictional account of a real story. With two Nazis below, thirteen hidden Jews above, and a little sister by her side, Stefania has one more excruciating choice to make. When the knock finally comes, it is two Nazi officers, requisitioning Stefania’s house for the German army. Then they must wait, every day, for the next knock at the door, the one that will mean death. Stefania and Helena make the extraordinary decision to hide Max, and eventually twelve more Jews. Izio’s brother Max 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 Helena, her six-year-old sister.Īnd then comes the knock at the door. But everything changes when the German army invades Przemsyl.
She has even made a promise to one of their sons, Izio - a betrothal they must keep secret since she is Catholic and the Diamants are Jewish.
The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII.
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