Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto
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Mazzeo, Tilar J.,
Published
New York : Gallery Books, 2016.
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Book
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
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xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : Gallery Books, 2016.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317).
Description
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.
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Presents the story of a Holocaust rescuer to reveal the formidable risks she took to her own safety to save some 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.

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Biographies.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland.
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography.
Sendlerowa, Irena, -- 1910-2008.
Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland.