Ed Burzminski Talk about Stefania Podgorska at Arizona Jewish History Museum May 2019
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Ed Burzminski speaks on May 3, 2019 at the Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Museum in Phoenix, AZ about his mother, Stefania Podgorska Burzminski and her sister, Helena Podgorska, who rescued 13 Jews from the Nazis during World War II in Poland. One of the rescued included Max Diamant, who later married Stefi. Max was Ed's father.
The event was sponsored by the Or Adam congregation and the Arizona Jewish Historical Society.
I just finished the book and it was amazing to read! I was on the edge of my seat throughout the whole book. Thank you for keeping their story alive!
Melanie King Thank you for your kind words. Learn more about Stefania at www.TheStefiFoundation.org.
Your parents story has changed my life. God bless their memory. ❤️
Thanks for your kind words, Laurie.
I’m from 🇵🇹 Portugal. I am your mother’s age at the time and I can’t imagine myself going to what she went through. It’s such an amazing story that keeps us believing in humanity following the steps of Jesus! My heart is full. Thank you
Thank you Madalena for your kind words. I ask myself, too, whether I could do what my mom did. Sitting with her as she was dying, I looked at her not as her son, but as a grown man with a family and all I could think was "how could this lady have done what she did, and been so selfless?" It became my mission in life to share her story. Thank you again for your kind words.
I just finished The Light In Hidden Places about your mother and father. I didn’t know everyone was real until at the end with the pictures. Your Mother and Aunt are the bravest, kindness souls I have ever heard of. They represent the depth of humanity. To do what she did, all the while the loss she experiences and constant fear of getting caught, is astounding. She was so brave. I was touched by your mom’s story. She saved thirteen future generations. Such courage and strength. Thank you for sharing the story of your parents. To this day, the Holocaust is still remembered and I believe it will continue to be so long after we are gone. I just hope and pray, that humanity learns to stop the hate and embrace each other as one. God bless you and your family!
It is June 2024 and I have just heard the story of your parents. Amazing. Thank you for sharing.
I came here because I read the book and wanted to learn more. Thank you for telling their story. Also, I loved how you restated the questions you were asked to make sure that you heard them correctly. It shows a wonderfully caring characteristic.
Thank you for your kind words, Aimee. I'd love to know your thoughts about the book "The Light In Hidden Places" and your thoughts about Stefania from what you learned here.
I listened to the book but didn't know until the end that this was a true story. Your mother was such a brave person. She had so much love in her heart.
Thank you. Stefania was a humble lady.
The definition of heroes. Truly.....
Thank you David. They were really good people.
Truly Rightious. May her memory be a blessing.
PRAWDZIWA HISTORIA DOBRYCH WSPANIAŁYCH LUDZI, KOBIETY,ODWAGA NIE DO OPISANIA, POŚWIĘCENIE WŁASNEGO ŻYCIA DLA INNYCH LUDZI❤️❤️❤️,PRZYKŁAD DLA INNYCH, BÓG WYNAGRODZI PANI ZA URATOWANIE TYLU ISTNIEŃ WIERZĘ W TO GŁĘBOKO 🙏🙏🙏
Just read the book, and I was amazed at your mothers and aunt's courage and stamina. So I had to find out more about everyone and came here. Your family story should be known just as much as Anne Frank's. I am in tears, thank you for sharing!!
This is so beautiful. I admired your parents and family's courage!!! As a granddaughter of survivors, I grew up with many of these stories, however, this is really special.
Such an amazing story. I can’t imagine what they went through. Thank you for sharing! (I just finished reading the book, and couldn’t get them off my mind!)
Just finished the book and I'm shook. Thank you for this video, I'm eager to know more. What a brave family and your mom truly is an angel. 🫶
Thank you for your kind words!
I just finished reading the book the light in hidden places and your mom was truly a light in that dark time I had to find out more. Came across this video and I am so happy you're keeping their story alive. I could see God's hand over your parents throughout the whole story. Your mom and her sister were so brave.
In total admiration of your mother and her sister.
Watched the movie and heard of her many years ago.
I read the book about Fusia the last days. Incredible story...your mother was a real angel!
Just finished the book! Your mom is a true Hero!
Sweettraitor, my mom would always say she only did what was right. A very humble hero and she’s very much missed. Thank you for your kind words.
beautiful video! I just read the book and I really enjoy watching this video. I love how you tell their real life story with all the pics, thank you!! (p.s. your voice is really nice to listen to!!! )
Kelilah Rose, my apologies for the late reply. Thank you for your kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed the talk and the book. Learn more about Stefania at www.TheStefiFoundation.org.
I have both the physical book as well as the audio book. GREAT story..I wish that I had the chance to meet her before she passed away.
Iv been always inspired about Fusia and Max's story I was mad that I visited the holocaust museum in Washington DC and years later I found out she Said a speech there mad that I missed it
The video of Stefania's speech at the dedication of the US Holocaust Museum can be viewed at The Stefi Foundation's website, specifically this page: thestefifoundation.org/television-member-area/us-holocaust-memorial-museum-ushmm/
Właśnie przeczytałam książę " Swiatło ukryte w mroku" napisana jest świetnie...trzyma w napięciu, ze zdumieniem brnęła przez kolejne strony by na samym końcu płakać ze zruszenia czując ulgę... Twoja opowieść o rodzicach i ich niesamowitej historii jest świetnym dopełnieniem świadectwa odwagi i miłości ( i ten obrazek namalowany rzez Maksa ! perełka :) ) dziękuję
Dziękuję za miłe słowa. Tak się cieszę, że podobała ci się moja rozmowa o moich rodzicach. To byli dobrzy ludzie. I cieszę się, że polubiłaś "Światlo ukryty w Mroku".
Jestem pod wielkim wrażeniem odwagi i heroizmu Stefanii i Heleny Podgórskich. Młodych dziewcząt, których bohaterstwo powinno być na zawsze wzorem najwyższych wartości człowieczeństwa. Skończyłam czytać "Światło ukryte w mroku". Gratulacje należą się autorce, Staroń Cameron. Świetnie napisana książka. Panu gratuluję matki ❤
Sorry, oczywiście Sharon!
Your mam was very brave thank to Jesus ! Incredible .
Jestem Polką, podobnie jak Pańscy Rodzice. Przeczytałam historię ich życia. Niejednokrotnie płakałam w trakcie czytania. Zastanawiając się skąd tak młoda kobieta czerpała siłę. Gdyby było więcej tak dobrych i odważnych ludzi, jak Pani Stefania i Helena, świat byłby piękniejszy. Przesyłam gorące pozdrowienia i wyrazy szacunku.
I just finished “The Light in Hidden Places” and I just had to watch your video to bring to life the story I imagined. It’s super inspirational and I’m passing it to everyone I know.💗 (You have Reese Witherspoon to thank😁). Also a side note....Your parents are 1 in a billion!
Southernbellechef, I am so glad you read the book and watched the video. Thank you for your super kind words. And thank you for spreading the word. Please visit www.TheStefiFoundation.org for more about the real Stefania and Max.
No matter how many times I've read this book or listen to the audio version, it's still amazes me just how brave your mom and Aunt Helena during the Shoah. I've always wondered though, why your dad completely changed his name after the war? I also re-watched the movie version last night with Kelly Martin as your mom.. good movie but I prefer the book to it I just wish that I could have met Stefania and Helena before they passed away.. along with your dad.
Triste, porém uma história incrível! Acabei de ler o livro. Heroínas Stefania e Helena
I LOVE YOU ❤ • 🇧🇷
It's amazing to listen to it. I'm in tears the whole time but for you Ed, this is just the amazing story of how you had a chance to be born. Did your mom teach you Polish? My wife isn't Polish but I taught my kids my language. I love the video.
Opinion Pole, thank you for your kind words. Yes, my parents taught sister and I to speak Polish before English.
@@Edburzminski That's amazing. My Jewish great great grandmother survived the war too. She was in her eighties living in Vilnius, married to a Christian. Nobody knew or wanted to say she was Jewish. Imagine, at one point nearly half of the city spoke the singsongy dialect of Yiddish, the language she grew up speaking and when the war was over, nobody spoke that language anymore. Yes, many Jewish people have survived but you won't hear Yiddish in the streets of Central Europe anymore. You won't hear the eastern dialects of Yiddish anywhere in the world today. Przeczytalem, ze Twoi rodzice wyjechali z Polski w 1961. Nie wiem ile masz lat, ale jest mozliwe, ze nawet sie w Polsce urodziles. I know I don't have the right to but I'm really proud of your mom, your dad and your aunt. Wesołych Świ
@@Edburzminski Next time I will wait till the very end of a video before I ask questions lol. I watched this video in stages. Happy Easter
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Now i realize how the names are really pronounced. I had them all wrong in my head. I hadn't realized that the book was based on a true story until I got yo the end and saw the pictures of Fushia, Max and Helena. Real life is stranger then fiction. It was such a rollercoaster of a story. It really touched me
God bless your mother and aunt!😍
I watched the lifetime movie it breaks my heart but I must say your mom is very strong
I am listening to the audio book again for the thousandth time..I'm glad that both Fusia and Max survived..but I am sad to know that Mr. and Mrs. Diamont passed away..but such was life during that time frame for a lot of the Jewish people. May they all rest in peace. I just hated that Fusia had Dementia at the end of her life (from what I read online somewhere). She died at the age of 97 years old on September 19, 2018. I also read that Helena has also since passed away as of December 5, 2022. Yet, I now can't find more information to find out if Helena has in fact died. L'Chiam= To Life. I am sorry if I misspelled that..I'm good with Hebrew and Yiddish..just not great typing it..
I saw the 1996 movie based on this couples lives!! Fantastic
Isn't the movie Hidden in Silence about this?
Yes, the movie "Hidden In Silence" is about Stefania and Helena. And the young adult novel titled "The Light In Hidden Places" by author Sharon Cameron is also about Stefania and Helena's experience.
I just watched the film on DVD having found it in a thrift store and I was interested to know more about Stefania, which led me here by searching her name. It was a good film but I know it just scratches the surface.
Omg your mom married a man so much older than her, but it was true love! So wonderful
okay not to be rude or assume but i dont think its actually Ed
@@TryAgainLaterLoser why assume it's not actually Ed?
Nicky, thank you for your kind words. Stefi was actually first in love with Max's younger brother who was closer to her age. Unfortunately he was killed in a labor camp which devastated her. Max said that Fusia saved his life and he owed her his. They did grow to love each other. Fusia used to say that Max asked to stay just one night, and ended up staying with her nearly 59 years!
In the archival footage..is that Max speaking Hebrew, or Polish? It sounds like a little bit of both at times..
I couldn't find the website..i guess its no longer operational.
Triste, porém uma história incrível! Acabei de ler o livro. Heroínas Stefania e Helena
I LOVE YOU ❤ • 🇧🇷
Triste, porém uma história incrível! Acabei de ler o livro. Heroínas Stefania e Helena
I LOVE YOU ❤ • 🇧🇷