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Irena's Children : A True Story of Courage by Tilar J. Mazzeo (2017, Trade...

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ISBN
9781476778518

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Gallery Books
ISBN-10
1476778515
ISBN-13
9781476778518
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219396094

Product Key Features

Book Title
Irena's Children : a True Story of Courage
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Holocaust, Cultural Heritage, Military / World War II, Historical, Europe / Poland
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Tilar J. Mazzeo
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-051244
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
940.53/1835092
Synopsis
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot comes an 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. In 1942, one young social worker, Irena Sendler, was granted access to the Warsaw ghetto as a public health specialist. While she was there, she began to understand the fate that awaited the Jewish families who were unable to leave. Soon she reached out to the trapped families, going from door to door and asking them to trust her with their young children. Driven to extreme measures and with the help of a network of local tradesmen, ghetto residents, and her star-crossed lover in the Jewish resistance, Irena ultimately smuggled thousands of children past the Nazis. She made dangerous trips through the city's sewers, hid children in coffins, snuck them under overcoats at checkpoints, and slipped them through secret passages in abandoned buildings. But Irena did something even more astonishing at immense personal risk: she kept a secret list buried in bottles under an old apple tree in a friend's back garden. On it were the names and true identities of these Jewish children, recorded so their families could find them after the war. She could not know that more than ninety percent of their families would perish. Irena's Children, "a fascinating narrative of...the extraordinary moral and physical courage of those who chose to fight inhumanity with compassion" (Chaya Deitsch author of Here and There: Leaving Hasidism, Keeping My Family ), is a truly heroic tale of survival, resilience, and redemption.
LC Classification Number
D804.66.S46M29 2016

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  • by anjphoe-75
    Jan 17, 2023

    So-so Writing

    It was a good portrayal of WW2 Poland and the people who lived through it, but terrible writing. I would love to see a book on the heroine written by a better author.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • by tjarosh38
    Mar 27, 2019

    Irena

    This book should be studied by people who want to learn about heroes who risked their life, and others, to save Jewish during Holocaust.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: discover-books

  • by sweetpea0815
    Dec 09, 2019

    A great book, a lot of history.

    Excellent reading.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: your_online_bookstore

  • by diamondmouse
    Jun 26, 2017

    Irenas Children

    Hard getting started but very historical read.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: joyglacierllc

  • by oliva3689
    Feb 06, 2025

    Great book

    Great book, good valueI recommend it

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

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