Irena's children, a true story of courage, by Tilar J. Mazzeo ; adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell
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Irena's children, a true story of courage, by Tilar J. Mazzeo ; adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257)
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individual biography
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illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Irena's children
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
936433341
Responsibility statement
by Tilar J. Mazzeo ; adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell
Sub title
a true story of courage
Summary
A gripping account of Irena Sendler, who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- Prologue -- War -- Occupation -- Resistance -- Segregated and isolated -- Life in the ghetto -- Raising the stakes -- Expanding operations -- Rumors -- Deportation -- Selektions -- Time running out -- Crisis -- Toward the precipice -- The ghetto uprising -- Gestapo raid -- Pawiak Prison -- Execution -- Irena goes underground -- After the war
Target audience
juvenile
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- Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Warsaw
- Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- History -- 20th century
- Sendlerowa, Irena, 1910-2008
- World War, 1939-1945 + Jews + Rescue -- Poland
- Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Warsaw
- Warsaw (Poland) -- Biography
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- Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Warsaw
- Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- History -- 20th century
- Sendlerowa, Irena, 1910-2008
- World War, 1939-1945 + Jews + Rescue -- Poland
- Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Warsaw
- Warsaw (Poland) -- Biography
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