Thurs, 12/17 – JCC Buffalo, New York – Little Edna’s War: The Astonishing True Story of a Jewish Child Who Defied the Third Reich (virtual)
Join bestselling author Janet Bond Brill, PhD, for the extraordinary true story of Edna Szurek—a Jewish child born in Warsaw who survived the Holocaust against unimaginable odds.
After escaping the Warsaw Ghetto under a false Catholic identity, Edna joined the Polish Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising at just nine years old, served as a courier under enemy fire, survived two German prisoner-of-war camps, and was later honored by Pope Pius XII—who never knew she had been born Jewish.
Drawing on decades of family research and extensive archival documentation, Dr. Brill brings Edna’s remarkable journey to life through rare photographs, wartime records, and firsthand testimony. More than a story of survival, Little Edna’s War is a testament to courage, resistance, identity, and the enduring responsibility to remember.
The presentation will be followed by a live virtual Q&A.