Item details: Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto - 48105988

Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto

text Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto

Mazzeo, Tilar J.

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.

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 -- Żeg... Read more

Format: text

Description: xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Publisher: Gallery Books 2016

Library	Location	Status
KCL	940.53 MAZZEO in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Library	Location	Status
KCL	940.53 MAZZEO in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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