This event is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required.

Join us for a story of endurance, love, and legacy—meticulously researched, deeply human, and profoundly important.

Only Miracles is a powerful new theatrical production presented by The National WWII Museum, bringing to life the extraordinary true story of Holocaust survivors Ed and Helen Lefkowitz. Adapted from their recorded testimonies for the Shoah Visual History Foundation in 1997 and developed by Dodd Loomis through three years of in-depth collaboration with their daughters, Sherry Hyman and Holocaust educator Rose Lefkowitz-Rosenkranz, the play offers an intimate, human portrait of survival across the upheaval of World War II.

Only Miracles follows Ed and Helen across a hellacious journey spanning 10 years and 10,000 miles, from prewar Poland into the Nazi occupation, through the brutality of the Soviet Gulag system, and into the uncertainty of postwar Europe. Audiences witness Ed and Helen’s imprisonment, torture, and forced labor in Siberia, and the inconceivable birth of their daughter Rose in a remote labor camp just south of the Arctic Circle. Through the couple’s own words, the production illuminates how individuals confronted terror, loss, and displacement with courage, ingenuity, and an unbroken commitment to each other.

Following each performance, Rose Lefkowitz-Rosenkranz will participate in audience talkbacks and educational conversations. The production will showcase authentic artifacts from the Lefkowitz family, including documents, photographs, personal objects, and rare items from their wartime journey. Audiences will have the opportunity to view, and in some cases handle, these historic materials before or after each performance.

Seating is limited, so reserve your tickets now for this free event! 

For additional information, contact Maggie Hartley, EdD, Director of Public Engagement, at maggie.hartley@nationalww2museum.org.

This event is made possible through the generous support of The Mark Rubin Family Endowment for Holocaust Education.