In the spring of 1945, as the gates of the Ravensbrück concentration camp opened to liberation, snow clung to the ground like a stubborn winter ghost. Amid the confusion, a line of emaciated women waited: some weeping, others staring into space. Freedom had arrived, but it seemed unreal, almost fragile. Among them was Zofia Kowalska, a Polish teacher from Krakow, her frail body hidden beneath a patched, worn coat. As Red Army soldiers pushed her toward the trucks that would take them away, Zofia