Stefania Podgorska is living in Poland in 1943. She is a young Catholic girl, living and working for a Jewish family, the Diamants. She has been with them for many years and has even secretly accepted their son's proposal. As Germans invade Poland things begin to change and Stefania is left behind as the Diamants are moved into a ghetto. When Stefania decides to go home she finds her mother and brother were taken to a work camp and her little sister, Helena, is left behind. Stefania takes Helena with her back to the city and her fiance, Izio, is killed in a concentration camp. His brother Max approaches Stefania about hiding some Jews and she agrees.
This book is based on a true story, but some of it was fictionalized. Cameron did her research though and included some pictures from the family of Stefania, Max, Helena, and others. There is also a movie out based on the same story Hidden in Silence.
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