Displaced by their German occupiers from their home in Vienna, six-year-old Kitty Friedenbach Saks and her parents fled Austria and made a daring escape into Belgium. As the Germans advanced across Europe, both Kitty and her parents were forced into hiding, but could not be together. A young child alone, Kitty had to assume a new persona that protected her true Jewish identity as she survived the war as a Catholic orphan. The complete story of Kitty Friedenbach Saks’ Holocaust journey can be found in To Life: The Past Is Present, Holocaust Stories of Hampton Roads Survivors, Rescuers, and Liberators. For information about Kitty — and to bookmark the webpage where future episodes of this podcast AND behind-the-scenes content will live, please visit https://holocaustcommission.jewishva.org/stars-among-us. Distributed by WHRO Public Media