warsaw

Examines the life of pediatrician and Holocaust victim Janusz Korczak and describes what it was like to live in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Set during World War II in Poland, a novel based on real-life heroes follows Elzbieta Rabinek over the course of the war, her involvement with the Resistance, and her love for a young man imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto whose passion leads him to fight in the Warsaw Uprising.

"September 1939: The conquering Nazis swarm through Warsaw as social worker Irena Sendler watches in dread from her apartment window. Already, the city's poor go hungry. Irena wonders how she will continue to deliver food and supplies to those who need it most, including the forbidden Jews. The answer comes unexpectedly. Dragged from her home in the night, Irena is brought before a Gestapo agent, Klaus Rein, who offers her a position running the city's soup kitchens, all to maintain the illusion of order"--Provided by publisher.

Irena Sendler was a social worker who wanted to help people. World War II left many vulnerable, and Irena helped people get medical care and necessities to live. Then she took the greatest risk. In this biography, learn more about the woman who smuggled Jewish children to safety.

Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker, risked her life as she helped more than four hundred Jewish children escape from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.

Examines the life of pediatrician and Holocaust victim Janusz Korczak and describes what it was like to live in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Describes how Irena Sendler saved 2,500 children during the Holocaust by sneaking them out of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland and hiding lists of their real names and new identities in jars that she buried in the ground.

Relates the story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who helped rescue nearly 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.

Recounts Irena Sendler's efforts to save hundreds of Jewish children in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.

Contains an account about Jan and Antonina Zabinski, Polish Christians and zookeepers, who were responsible for saving over three hundred people from Nazi racism during World War II. They worked out a plan to conceal Resistance activists and refugee Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto by hiding them in animal cages and bringing animals into their house.