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Hidden in Silence

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Well, maybe no one will read this review, seeming as the movie is not even available at amazon, but I hope someone reads it and is inspired to watch the movie. It is truly a treat.

What would you do if you were only 16 or 17 and had no parents around to take care of you during the bloody days of WWII? What if the Gestapo came to your door demanding that you leave your home in one hour and find somewhere else to live? It would be a difficult demand.
Especially if you had 13 Jews hidden in your attic.

Hidden in Silence is the true story of Stephania Pordgorska, a Catholic Polish teenager who had to decide wether to sit back and let Hitler's soldiers "liquidate" the Jews in her city or wether to do something about it.
She did something about it. And saved 13 lives which included men, women, and children. As a historian, I may be tempted to look at that and say, what is 13 against 6 million who died? But that would be missing the point. The point is, Stephania (called Fusia in the movie) did what she could. She did as much as was in her power. And yes, 13 may not seem like a large number,but to the 13 people she saved, it was everything. I love this story because it is true. Because, although Hollywood always plays with the facts a little, they really did do a comparitively excellent job with accuracy in this movie (I have reasearched the story). They didn't "Spice up" the story. It didn't need it. I love it because Stephania didn't make excuses for not doing anything. She could have thought "What can I do? I'm just a kid." But she didn't.
And that is why you must see this amazing story.

It always amazes me how people can be so courageous. I liked this story really much and would recommend it.

Although the topic was horrific the people portrayed were an inspiration. Oh, to be so brave in a time of complete and utter despair.

I watched the movie and it was pretty good. I couldn't believe how young Jane Seymour was in the movie.