The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron

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. She currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.Based on a true story, this riveting book chronicles a young woman’s heroic efforts to hide Jews during the war. Sharon Cameron is an author of young adult novels, including The Dark Unwinding, Rook, The Forgetting, and The Light in Hidden Places. With two Nazis below, thirteen hidden Jews above, and a little sister by her side, Stefania has one more excruciating choice to make. When the knock finally comes, it is two Nazi officers, requisitioning Stefania’s house for the German army. Then they must wait, every day, for the next knock at the door, the one that will mean death. Stefania and Helena make the extraordinary decision to hide Max, and eventually twelve more Jews. Izio’s brother Max has jumped from the train headed to a death camp. The Diamants are forced into the ghetto, and Stefania is alone in an occupied city, the only one left to care for Helena, her six-year-old sister. She has even made a promise to one of their sons, Izio - a betrothal they must keep secret since she is Catholic and the Diamants are Jewish.īut everything changes when the German army invades Przemsyl. It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemsyl, Poland, singing her way into their lives and hearts. One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make…

Audiobook Length: 16 hours and 11 minutes

The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron