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Irena's children : a true story of courage
Title:
Irena's children : a true story of courage
Personal Author EPSB:
Tilar J., Mazzeo
Summary:
From author Tilar Mazzeo comes the extraordinary and long forgotten story 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--now adapted for a younger audience.
Year Published:
2016
Physical Description:
xiv, 257 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Edition:
Young readers edition.
Personal Subject:
Sendlerowa, Irena, 1910-2008.
Subject:
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland.

Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Warsaw.

Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Warsaw.
Geographic Term:
Warsaw (Poland) -- Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.
Added Author:
Farrell, Mary Cronk

Torok, Shana,
ISBN:
9781481449915

9781481449922

9781338135558
Publisher:
New York, New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2016]

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Edmonton Public Schools