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Come together to hear Sharon Cameron discuss her novel "The Light in Hidden Places." Set in 1943, 16-year-old Stefania has worked four years in the Diamant family’s grocery store and secretly promised betrothal to one of their sons, though she is Catholic and they are Jewish. Based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska, learn how a brave young woman risked everything to shelter 13 Jews in her attic during World War II.
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
This program is part of the "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibit series. Find more information at thelibrary.org/aath.
This event will take place in the Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
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16 year old,jewish,sharon cameron,springfield, missouri,the light in hidden places,world war ii,a conversation with sharon cameron
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History & Museums,Religious
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