Little Edna’s War: Holocaust Memory, Resistance, and the Power of One Child’s Story (in person)

Join bestselling author Janet Bond Brill, PhD, for the remarkable true story of Edna Szurek, a Jewish child born in the Warsaw Ghetto who escaped Nazi persecution, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at the age of nine, survived two German prisoner-of-war camps, and was later honored by Pope Pius XII—who never knew she had been born Jewish.

Drawing from decades of family research and extensive archival documentation, Dr. Brill brings to life one of the Holocaust’s most extraordinary yet little-known stories of courage, identity, and survival. Through rare photographs and historical documents, audiences experience World War II through the eyes of a child whose journey challenges what we think we know about resistance, resilience, and the enduring consequences of hatred and indifference.

Following the presentation, Dr. Brill will discuss the research behind Little Edna’s War and answer audience questions.