She deftly details Fusia’s brave actions and includes moving family photographs in the author’s note. Cameron ( The Knowing, 2017, etc.) used Stefania’s unpublished memoir as well as interviews with family members as source material. As the number of people she sheltered increased, so did her panic about being caught, but she was determined to do what was right. Knowing the risks involved, Fusia made a bold decision to harbor Jews. Then 17, Catholic Fusia was determined to help them survive, even at the risk of her own safety, while also caring for her 6-year-old sister, Helena, after their family was taken by the Nazis for forced labor. The family struggled on as the war and anti-Semitism ramped up, but eventually, the Diamants were forced into a ghetto. For three years they lived peacefully until the Germans dropped bombs on Przemyśl. At the age of 12, she did just that, finding a job with the Diamants, a family of Jewish shopkeepers who welcomed her into their lives. Stefania “Fusia” Podgórska longed for nothing more than to leave the rural Polish farm she was born on for the city of Przemyśl where her older sisters lived.
She currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.A true story of faith, love, and heroism. Sharon Cameron is an author of young adult novels, including The Dark Unwinding, Rook, The Forgetting, and The Light in Hidden Places. 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. 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.īut everything changes when the German army invades Przemsyl. 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…
Audiobook Length: 16 hours and 11 minutes
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