Hanuszka

Summary

A unique story, told here for the first time. Hanna Mandelberger, a 12 year old girl who fled the ghetto, roams the streets 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 Lodz . 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 the meantime, has become Pope John Paul II.