Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto / Tilar J. Mazzeo.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476778501
- ISBN: 1476778507
- ISBN: 9781476778518
- ISBN: 1476778515
- Physical Description: xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Gallery Book edition
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | BIO SENDLEROWA (Text) | 36015000711917 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | B SENDLER (Text) | 0020511205765 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | 940.5318 MAZ (Text) | 37807000037468 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library | 940.53 MAZ (Text) | 39488900185762 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B SENDLER (Text) | 22281500130805 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/22/2026 |
| Columbus Library | 940.53 MAZ (Text) | 31250200057205 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dorothy Wightman Library | ANF 940.53 MAZ (Text) | 30372101754478 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | B Sendler (Text) | 31554010095965 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Enka-Candler Library | 940.5318092 MAZ (Text) | 0020512154277 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | 940.5318 M (Text) | 33258008059243 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
