A handsome Polish policeman, Markus Berdecki, catches her sneaking out but lets her get away. Stefania gets a job making screws at a factory, and she continues to sneak into the ghetto and bring food to the Diamant brothers and the other Jews. Danuta and Max return to the ghetto to be with Henek. Emilika sees Danuta, who is Jewish, so Stefania lies to Emilika and says she’s run away because she’s pregnant. Also arriving at the apartment is Danuta-the girlfriend of Max’s brother, Henek. They also send two of the Diamant sons, Max and Chaim, to a concentration camp, but Max jumps off the train and returns to Stefania’s apartment. Stefania regularly sees and hears horrible violence and does not hide what’s happening from Helena. Helena is sick and malnourished, but a doctor treats her, and the sisters become a team. She yells at a neighbor for hitting her and then brings her to Przemyśl. Stefania goes to her farmhouse and finds her little sister, Helena, bruised and alone. Due to train delays, the plan fails, and the Nazis torture and kill Izio. After she kisses the camp guard’s cheek, she speaks to Izio, and they form an escape plan. The Nazis send Izio to a work camp, and Emilika helps Stefania forge papers so she can take a train to see him.
Stefania sneaks into the ghetto to bring the Diamants food. With the building empty, Stefania makes friends with Emilika, who works at a photo studio. The Diamants, along with the rest of the Jews, move to a ghetto.
Diamant while she’s walking outside and take her boots. People vandalize the Diamants’ shop, and Nazis stop Mrs. Nazis occupy Stefania’s side, and they spread virulent antisemitism. When Nazi Germany declares war on Russia, the bombing starts again. There’s surreal destruction, and Stefania and the Diamants must hide in a cellar. The Nazis make a pact with Russia, and Russia takes over Stefania’s side of Przemyśl. World War II begins, and Nazi Germany invades Poland. She moves in with them and starts a romantic relationship with one of the sons, Izio. They’re Jewish, and Stefania is Catholic, but the family welcomes her warmly, and Stefania grows close to Mrs. At 13, she moves to a big city, Przemyśl, and lives with two of her older sisters.
Stefania Podgórska hates her idyllic childhood on her farm in Poland. The page numbers in the study guide refer to an eBook version of the 2020 Scholastic Press edition.Ĭontent Warning: The source material contains violence, antisemitism, and countless traumas that inevitably correspond to Holocaust narratives.
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