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Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto
Title:
Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto
Author:
Mazzeo, Tilar J., author.
ISBN:
9781476778501

9781476778518
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Publication Information:
New York ; London ; Toronto : Gallery Books, [2016]
Physical Description:
xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
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."--Jacket.
Alternate display:
Becoming Irena Sendler -- Dr. Radliđka'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 -- 皥gota -- Toward the precipice -- Ala rising -- Aleja Szucha -- Irena's execution -- Warsaw fighting -- How the stories ended.
Document ID:
SD_ILS:2315931
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