Constantly under threat, tensions rise even higher when the SS occupy the neighborhood, even residing in Tatarska 3 for a period of time. Fusia even procures a job and sells items on the black market to provide for the group. Fusia rents a house, Tatarska 3, where she and Helena work tirelessly to hide thirteen Jews. When Max Diamant, one of the sons, escapes a labor camp, Fusia takes on the harrowing task of hiding Max and several other family members and friends. Additionally, Fusia is left to care for her young sister Helena after their mother is forced to relocate to a German work camp. Fusia works to sell goods, putting herself in danger in order to procure money, often sneaking into the ghetto to provide the Diamant family with food. After the Germans invade in 1939, Fusia moves in with the family until they are forced to relocate to a ghetto. Over the next three years, Fusia grows close to Mr. At thirteen, Stefania (“Fusia”) Podgórska, a Polish Catholic girl, leaves her impoverished, rural home to work in a shop owned by the Diamants, a Jewish family in Przemsyl, Poland. Based on a true story, this riveting book chronicles a young woman’s heroic efforts to hide Jews during the war.
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