Displaying 1 of 1 2016 Format: Book Author: Mazzeo, Tilar J., author. Title: Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto / Tilar J. Mazzeo. Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Gallery Books, 2016. ©2016 Description: xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm 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. Subjects: Sendler, Irena, 1910-2008. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland. Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943. Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317). 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. LCCN: 2015051244 ISBN: 9781476778501 1476778507 9781476778518 1476778515 9781476778501 1476778507 Other Number: 928481017 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 611492 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: BIO Sendlero Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
