Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto / Tilar J. Mazzeo.
Publication details: New York : Gallery Books, 2016.Description: xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781476778501
- 940.53/18092 B 23
- D804.66.S46 M29 2016
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"A true story of courage"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317).
Becoming Irena Sendler -- Dr. Radlinska'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 -- Zegota -- Toward the precipice -- Ala rising -- Aleja Szucha -- Irena's execution -- Warsaw fighting -- How the stories ended.
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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