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Example: Praise

"Beautifully written, tender and poignant, and has so many important lessons."
—Sheila Hamilton, five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and author of All the Things We Never Knew

"An unexpectedly sweeping story of courage, survival, passion, and secrecy. Polish refugees Jan and Olga Erteszek risked their lives for a chance at the American Dream, and what followed was nothing short of remarkable."
—Wendie Malick, award-winning actor, activist, and author

"What a tale! Starting with their escape from Poland as hidden Jews on the day of the Nazi invasion, through the rise and fall of one of the most important woman-led American companies of its era, Christina Erteszek’s eloquent account of her parents and the Olga Company is a gripping read from beginning to end. The kind of story that could only happen in America!"
—Sean Murphy, author of The Hope Valley Hubcap King and The Time of New Weather, 2018 National Endowment of the Arts Fellow, and winner of the Faulkner and Hemingway awards for the novel

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Include either an excerpt or pull quote, or a very brief description, and position this below the links above. Link to both the publication’s home page | page with the article/post. A good example of how minimal or extensive these can be can found on this site: https://www.nightingalessonata.com/media In this example, you’ll see that images and video links can be added if those are desirable or appropriate.

PVH Archives | In Conversation with Christina Erteszek. April 21, 2021.

The First Lady of Underfashions is Christina Erteszek’s newly-released memoir about the courage and vision of her parents and founders of the Olga brand, Olga and Jan Erteszek. Christina Erteszek spoke with us to share thoughts on her parents’ escape from war-torn Europe in the 1940s and their success in building a women’s intimates empire known for innovation and people-first values.

Christina Erteszek discusses her parent’s history and their success in building the Olga Company, now a PVH Heritage brand.

H3 sample text follows. A daughter recounts how her parents fled war-torn Europe for the US and built the popular Olga brand.

The First Lady of Underfashions is a nonfiction saga-like memoir written by Christina Erteszek and including excerpts from her parents' (Jan and Olga) unpublished memoirs. It is a complex, layered, and nuanced story that bridges the violence of war, the innovation of thought, the singularity of religion, the quest for identity, and the intrigues and intricacies of family life. Jan and Olga escape from World War II Europe and arrive in the US with just a few dollars. They turn their paltry savings into a multi-million-dollar fashion business. Olga becomes a leading patent holder of female lingerie, a trendsetter in the industry, and is widely known for her innovative business tactics. But as this husband-and-wife team think of retiring, they decide to merge with another fashion company, which proves to be a fatal move when a loophole in the agreement allows for a hostile takeover. This is also a story of a daughter's need to find herself. Along her path to self-discovery, she discovers her parents have many secrets, some of which will never be revealed.