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She Saved Her Sister From the Nazis. She Never Escaped the War.

Articles, Blog, History, NewsJune 8, 2026143Views 0Likes 0Comments

Three documents tell the story of Miriam Dranger, a Jewish girl who sang for the Gestapo, saved her younger sister, and lived with a war that internally did not end in 1945. Miriam Szurek walked into the most feared address in occupied Warsaw and came out alive. Miriam Dranger and her sister Edna after…

Long Island Library Resources Council BookTalk – Sept 23, 2026

EventsFebruary 17, 2026142Views 0Likes 0Comments

Author Book Talk + Q&A Little Edna’s War with Dr. Janet Bond Brill A Conversation on Holocaust Memory and the Power of First-Person Testimony Presented by: Long Island Library Resources Council Featured Author: Janet Bond Brill, PhD Book: Little Edna’s War Format: Author talk followed by moderated Q&A and audience questions When: Wednesday, Sept 23, 2026 at 1:00pm RSVP…

Born at Mila 18 Street, Warsaw – Future headquarters of the resistance

History, NewsDecember 10, 2025198Views 0Likes 0Comments

Edna Stefania Brill – Warsaw, 1989 Standing at the Mila 18 memorial, site of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising command bunker. The mound was built from the stones of her childhood home. It was here, in this building, that would one day house the command bunker of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, that she came into the…

Pope Pius XII’s Most Ironic Blessing: When He Honored the Oberlangen Girls and Never Knew One Was Jewish

UncategorizedDecember 9, 2025153Views 0Likes 0Comments

In 1946, Pope Pius XII prepared to honor a group of young Polish women who had become symbols of resistance and courage during World War II. They were the famous Oberlangen Girls – decorated resistance fighters who had survived Nazi imprisonment as prisoners of war. Fifteen of these celebrated women were selected to receive papal…

The Youngest Polish Resistance Hero You’ve Never Heard Of: Why Youth Leadership Matters Now More Than Ever

NewsDecember 1, 20252KViews 0Likes 0Comments

She was nine years old when she joined the Polish Home Army, the youngest soldier in the entire resistance force. A Jewish child hiding under a false Polish Catholic identity, she chose to fight back against the Nazis who were murdering her people. Nine when she ran messages through sniper-infested streets during the Warsaw Uprising.…

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She Saved Her Sister From the Nazis. She Never Escaped the War.

Long Island Library Resources Council BookTalk – Sept 23, 2026

Born at Mila 18 Street, Warsaw – Future headquarters of the resistance

Pope Pius XII’s Most Ironic Blessing: When He Honored the Oberlangen Girls and Never Knew One Was Jewish

The Youngest Polish Resistance Hero You’ve Never Heard Of: Why Youth Leadership Matters Now More Than Ever

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