Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto / Tilar J. Mazzeo.
| Author/creator | Mazzeo, Tilar J. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Gallery books hardcover edition. |
| Publication | New York ; London ; Toronto : Gallery Books, [2016] |
| Description | xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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 -- Coda: The disappearing story of Irena Sendler, 1946-2008. |
| Abstract | 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."--Book jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317). |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- Gift Daniel E. Shingleton 2017 |
| LCCN | 2015051244 |
| ISBN | 9781476778501 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1476778507 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |