Bibliograph

Irena's children, a true story of courage, Tilar J. Mazzeo

Type

Label

Irena's children, a true story of courage, Tilar J. Mazzeo

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1000L, Lexile

resource.interestAgeLevel

Adult, Brodart

resource.interestGradeLevel

Adult, Brodart

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Irena's children

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Tilar J. Mazzeo

Sub title

a true story of courage

Summary

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

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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