Jack Klajman is only nine years old when the ghetto walls go up in Warsaw. The Smallest Hope is his powerful memoir recounting how he survived by smuggling food from outside the ghetto, and by hiding in a war-torn city among Nazi soldiers. Witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the largest act of Jewish resistance during World War II, Jack escapes only through a combination of bravery and luck.
"After his death, Ed submitted the manuscript to the Azrieli Foundation... The foundation agreed to take on the project, calling 'it is a great story.' They added more research, photos and uncovered more information about his father, Ed said. 'It’s been taken to a whole other level,' he said. 'I am just touched and thrilled and moved that they took this on.' Hernan Tesler-Mabe, co-ordinator of Jewish studies at Huron University College and a Holocaust expert, said ensuring the stories are told of those who experienced the Holocaust is important."