Sonia is in CLOSER WEEKLY this week, right next to all the “stars”! Check it out at your local grocery store, nail salon, or dentist office! More photos and info on our Facebook page.
Thrilled to announce that BIG SONIA has been invited to pitch to networks and broadcasters at the HotDocs Forum in Toronto in April. Only 19 projects from around the world were selected, so this is a huge honor! For a full list of selected projects please visit the...
Sonia Warshawski, or “Big Sonia,” as she is affectionately known, was forced to live in the Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps when she was a teenager during World War II. After the war ended, Warshawski moved to the United...
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BIG SONIA : Not Your Typical Holocaust Survivor Film January 21, 2015 Here’s your daily dose of an indie film in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see?...
Leah Warshawski did not come upon her career in what might be called a conventional sense: Instead, she stumbled into filmmaking while studying in Hawaii while translating Japanese for tourists on a boat. “I never thought I’d make films or want to make films, but...
Metcalf South Shopping Center will close at 4 p.m. Sept. 19. However, the adjacent Sears store, which is independently owned and operated, will remain open, as well as The Glenwood Arts Theatre. Lane4 Property Group said certain covenants previously prevented the mall...
Once again, Sonia Warshawski will be one of the last. One might think the impending closing of the cavernous Metcalf South Shopping Center, home to her tailor shop, would be nothing more than a petty inconvenience to a woman who endured one of the great tragedies of...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Sonia Warshawski, a Holocaust Survivor living in Overland Park, Kan., is calling for government action to stop hate crimes like Sunday’s shootings at the Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom. “It was like you take an old...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — After 30 years in business an Overland Park woman has a tough decision to make, relocate her store or close for good and retire. It’s a move that she knew was coming, but became all too real when an eviction notice was delivered. John’s Tailoring...
