Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto / Tilar J. Mazzeo
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TextPublisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover editionDescription: xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781476778501; 1476778507; 9781476778518; 1476778515Subject(s): Sendlerowa, Irena, 1910-2008 | Sendlerowa, Irena, 1910-2008 | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) | World War (1939-1945) | 1939-1945 | Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland | Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust | Poland | Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 | Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945Genre/Form: Biographies. | Biography. | Biographies. | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 940.53 MAZZ (Browse shelf) | Available | 37478 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317)
Becoming Irena Sendler -- Dr. Radlińska's girls -- Those walls of shame -- The youth circle -- Calling Dr. Korczak -- Ghetto juggernaut -- Road to Treblinka -- The Good Fairy of the Umschlagplatz -- The last mile -- Agents of the resistance -- Żegota -- Toward the precipice -- Ala rising -- Aleja Szucha -- Irena's execution -- Warsaw fighting -- How the stories ended -- Coda: the disappearing story of Irena Sendler, 1946-2008
The "extraordinary and gripping account of Irena Sendler--the "female Oskar Schindler"--who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II"--Dust jacket
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