Irena's children, a true story of courage, by Tilar J. Mazzeo ; adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell
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Label
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)
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
10 up
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
Classification
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Creator
Subject
- Sendlerowa, Irena, 1910-2008 -- Young adult literature
- Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 -- Young adult literature
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Young adult literature
- Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Young adult literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Young adult literature
- World War, 1939-1945 + Jews + Rescue -- Poland -- Young adult literature
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Young adult literature
- Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- History -- 20th century -- Young adult literature
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Warsaw (Poland) -- Biography -- Young adult literature
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- Sendlerowa, Irena, 1910-2008 -- Young adult literature
- Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 -- Young adult literature
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Young adult literature
- Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Young adult literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Young adult literature
- World War, 1939-1945 + Jews + Rescue -- Poland -- Young adult literature
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Young adult literature
- Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- History -- 20th century -- Young adult literature
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Warsaw (Poland) -- Biography -- Young adult literature
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