Stefania sneaks into the ghetto to bring the Diamants food. With the building empty, Stefania makes friends with Emilika, who works at a photo studio. The Diamants, along with the rest of the Jews, move to a ghetto. Diamant while she’s walking outside and take her boots. People vandalize the Diamants’ shop, and Nazis stop Mrs. Nazis occupy Stefania’s side, and they spread virulent antisemitism. When Nazi Germany declares war on Russia, the bombing starts again. There’s surreal destruction, and Stefania and the Diamants must hide in a cellar. The Nazis make a pact with Russia, and Russia takes over Stefania’s side of Przemyśl. World War II begins, and Nazi Germany invades Poland. She moves in with them and starts a romantic relationship with one of the sons, Izio. They’re Jewish, and Stefania is Catholic, but the family welcomes her warmly, and Stefania grows close to Mrs. At 13, she moves to a big city, Przemyśl, and lives with two of her older sisters. Stefania Podgórska hates her idyllic childhood on her farm in Poland.
With two Nazis below, thirteen hidden Jews above, and a little sister by her side, Stefania has one more excruciating choice to make.The page numbers in the study guide refer to an eBook version of the 2020 Scholastic Press edition.Ĭontent Warning: The source material contains violence, antisemitism, and countless traumas that inevitably correspond to Holocaust narratives. 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 Przemysl. It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemysl, Poland, singing her way into their lives and hearts. One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make. The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgórska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sharon Cameron - now a Reese's Book Club YA Pick!
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