IF YOU HEARD WHAT STEPHANIE HEARD

STEPHANIE SHARES THE STORY OF HER GRANDMOTHER, ROSA STENDNER KREN, WHO WAS BORN IN 1916 IN NIKOLSBURG, CZECHOSLOVAKIA. SHE WAS ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN OF HERMAN AND REGINA, AND THE FAMILY WAS VERY CLOSE. DUE TO RISING ANTISEMITISM AND INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS SURROUNDINGS, THE FAMILY MOVED TO CZERNOWITZ, RUSSIA, WHICH IS WHERE ROSA MET HER HUSBAND HUGO, WHO WAS NOT JEWISH. IT IS BECAUSE OF HUGO THAT ROSA AND HER SISTER WERE SAVED FROM BEING PUT ON A TRANSPORT TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP. THROUGH A SERIES OF MIRACLES AND UNIMAGINABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, ROSA AND HUGO SURVIVED AND BUILT A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY THAT CONTINUES TO GROW AND THRIVE TODAY.

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