Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Irena's children

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

928481017

Responsibility statement

Tilar J. Mazzeo

Sub title

the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto

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

Table Of 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

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