A unique story, told here for the first time. Hanna Mandelberger, a 12 year old girl who fled the ghetto, roams the street of Warsaw looking for something to eat. Out of nowhere, a light is shining; Hanna barely makes it to a doorstep before collapsing. Hanna will eventually tell the Mother Superior she is a Polish Catholic, 15 years old, from the City of Lodge . At that very moment, Hanna Mandelberg no longer exists… Anna stays in the monastery for a couple of years, and decides, against all odds, to survive. Thus, she erases her childhood memories, and fully identifies with her new role as a Catholic nun. As such, she also serves as an emissary for the Polish underground, risking her life transmitting letters and weapons to different agents throughout Poland . Father Karl Wojtyla, whom she loves and cherishes, placed the Prosphora on her tongue during communion. Forty years later, Hanna Avrutzky travels to the Vatican to meet an old friend: Karl Wojtyla, who, in meantime, has become Pope John Paul II.
A unique story, told here for the first time. Hanna Mandelberger, a 12 year old girl who fled the ghetto, roams the street of Warsaw looking for something to eat. Out of nowhere, a light is shining; Hanna barely makes it to a doorstep before collapsing. Hanna will eventually tell the Mother Superior she is a Polish Catholic, 15 years old, from the City of Lodge . At that very moment, Hanna Mandelberg no longer exists… Anna stays in the monastery for a couple of years, and decides, against all odds, to survive. Thus, she erases her childhood memories, and fully identifies with her new role as a Catholic nun. As such, she also serves as an...
"A young Jewish girl survived the Holocaust with a profound love for Pope John Paul II. Hanuszka blends documentary and narrative elements to tell Hanna Mandelberger’s atypical story of survival, escaping the Warsaw Ghetto and finding refuge in a convent."
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