Author’s Note Prologue PART IWarsaw, 1939-1940 PART IIWarsaw Ghetto, 1940-1941 PART IIIWarsaw Ghetto, 1941–1942 PART IVWarsaw, 1942-1943 PART VWarsaw, 1943-1944 PART VIWarsaw, 1944 PART VIIGermany, 1944-1945 PART VIIIGermany, Italy, England, Israel, and the United States, 1945-1960 Epilogue A Granddaughter’s Tribute Acknowledgments About the Author Amsterdam Publishers Holocaust LibraryThis brave Jewish girl was a decorated Polish Home Army soldier at the age of 10. She defied Hitler’s Reich.They tried to erase her. Instead, she became a legend.At just seven years old, Edna Szurek risked everything to smuggle food through holes in the Warsaw Ghetto wall, knowing each step could be her last. By the age of 10, she was the youngest decorated member of the Polish resistance. And by the end of the war, she had defied every Nazi plan for her destruction.Though she fought armed with a pistol, Edna's true weapons were wit, bravery, and an unshakable love for her sister. Disguised as a Catholic girl, she even earned a medal from Pope Pius XII, who never knew he was honoring a Jewish child who had outsmarted the Reich.Drawn from over five hours of her firsthand testimony recorded by the USC Shoah Foundation, this powerful memoir traces Edna's impossible journey: from the ashes of a shattered birthday celebration to the brutal reality of a POW camp, escaping the deadly confines of the Warsaw Ghetto to find the hidden safety of a convent sanctuary.Edna Szurek should not have survived the Holocaust. But she did. And her story will stay with you forever.They tried to erase her. Instead, she became a legend.At just seven years old, Edna Szurek risked everything to smuggle food through holes in the Warsaw Ghetto wall, knowing each step could be her last. By the age of 10, she was the youngest decorated member of the Polish resistance. And by the end of the war, she had defied every Nazi plan for her destruction.Though she fought armed with a pistol, Edna's true weapons were wit, bravery, and an unshakable love for her sister. Disguised as a Catholic girl, she even earned a medal from Pope Pius XII, who never knew he was honoring a Jewish child who had outsmarted the Reich.Drawn from over five hours of her firsthand testimony recorded by the USC Shoah Foundation, this powerful memoir traces Edna's impossible journey: from the ashes of a shattered birthday celebration to the brutal reality of a POW camp, escaping the deadly confines of the Warsaw Ghetto to find the hidden safety of a convent sanctuary.Edna Szurek should not have survived the Holocaust. But she did. And her story will stay with you forever.