IF YOU HEARD WHAT GEORGIA HEARD

GEORGIA SHARES THE STORY OF HER GRANDFATHER, EDDY COURTS (BORN ADDY KURC), WHO CAME FROM A LARGE, CLOSE-KNIT JEWISH FAMILY IN RADOM, POLAND. EDDY WAS LIVING IN FRANCE WHEN GERMANY INVADED POLAND IN 1939. HE TRIED DESPERATELY TO GET HOME, TO NO AVAIL. AFTER A SHORT STINT IN THE FRENCH ARMY, HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE TO SAFETY IN BRAZIL, WHERE HE LOST TOUCH WITH HIS FAMILY. IN RIO HE MET CAROLINE AND THANKS TO HER HELP, HE WAS ABLE TO RECONNECT WITH ONE OF HIS BROTHERS AFTER THE WAR. MIRACULOUSLY, EDDY’S FAMILY - HIS PARENTS, HIS FOUR SIBLINGS, AND A YOUNG NIECE AND NEPHEW - ALL MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST. EDDY FINALLY REUNITED WITH THEM IN 1946 IN BRAZIL. HE AND CAROLINE MARRIED AND STARTED THEIR OWN FAMILY THAT CONTINUES TO GROW AND THRIVE TODAY. GEORGIA WAS INSPIRED BY HER GRANDFATHER’S STORY TO WRITE “WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES” WHICH BECAME A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND LATER A LIMITED SERIES FOR HULU/DISNEY+, FOR WHICH GEORGIA SERVED AS CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.

IF YOU HEARD WHAT GEORGIA HEARD, YOU WOULD NEVER FORGET.