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Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto / Tilar J. Mazzeo.

By: Publication details: New York : Gallery Books, 2016.Description: xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781476778501
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.53/18092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • D804.66.S46 M29 2016
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.

"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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