Hana's Suitcase

When the Children's Holocaust Education Center in Tokyo acquired Hana Brady's suitcase, all they knew was that Hana was born in Czechoslovakia in 1931 and died at Auschwitz at age 13.

2001 / Karen Levine / CBC, Canada

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When the Children's Holocaust Education Center in Tokyo acquired Hana Brady's suitcase, all they knew was that Hana was born in Czechoslovakia in 1931 and died at Auschwitz at age 13.

Soon, the Center's director made it her mission to find out more of Hana's story. After scouring the world, her search brought her to Toronto where she met George Brady, Hana's older brother and the only member of her immediate family to survive.

Together, they tell the story of Hana's Suitcase .

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