Irena's childrenthe extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghettoMazzeo, Tilar J.creatorauthortextbibliographybiographyBiographies.Biography.Biographies.nyu20162016First Gallery Books hardcover editionmonographicengxiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmThe "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 jacketBecoming 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, 1946-2008Tilar J. MazzeoIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-317)e-pl---Sendlerowa, Irena1910-2008Sendlerowa, Irena1910-2008Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)World War (1939-1945)
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