Anna's Story

When Anna was three months old, she was left outside a bunker while her mother struggled to push her other four children inside to safety. A sympathetic German soldier saw the mother's dilemma and brought Anna to her anxious family. At that same moment, a bomb exploded nearby, and the blast would affect Anna's health for years to come.

This is the true story of Anna Benigno, a tale of survival against impossible odds, a daughter's lifelong search for her father, and the heart-wrenching choices that tore a family apart across two continents.

From the ruins of war-torn Poland to the promise of America, Anna's Story is a powerful memoir of hopes fulfilled and dreams denied. It is a testament to a mother's love, the price of sacrifice, and the enduring question: Can the bonds of family survive decades of separation?

Moving, honest, and deeply personal, this memoir will resonate with anyone who has ever had to choose between their own dreams and the people they love most.

-- by Anna Walwro Benigno as Told to Bea Kraus