IF YOU HEARD WHAT GOSIA HEARD

GOSIA SHARES THE STORY OF HER GRANDMOTHER, STEFANIA SZYMANSKA, WHO WAS FROM KOLO, POLAND, AND MOVED TO LODZ BEFORE THE WAR. IT WAS IN LODZ WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND, GOSIA’S GRANDFATHER. SHE FLED EAST WITH HER HUSBAND AND TWO OF HER SISTERS JUST BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE LODZ GHETTO. STEFANIA HAD HER FIRST SON, GOSIA’S FATHER, DURING THE WAR, AND THEY SURVIVED UNTHINKABLE CONDITIONS. AFTER THE WAR, THEY SETTLED IN LODZ, ONE OF THOUSANDS OF JEWS WHO STAYED IN POLAND AFTER THE HOLOCAUST.

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