A biography of the Polish doctor, author, founder of orphanages, and promoter of children's rights, whose life, though swept away in the Nazi holocaust, was dedicated to his love for children.
Irena Sendler was born into a Catholic family in Poland in 1910. Throughout the German occupation in World War II, Irena worked tirelessly to help save Poland's Jews from the Nazi horror. Irena saved at least 2,500 Jewish children from certain death during the Holocaust.
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. Includes an afterword, author's note, sources, and a glossary.
Laura, a young girl preparing for her Bat Mitzvah, is given the diary of Sara Gittler, who was imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II; but as Laura researches Sara's life in order to honor her at the ceremony, she discovers secrets that will ultimately change her life.
Describes life in the section of Warsaw where Polish Jews were confined by the Nazis in the early 1940s, focusing on the final days of fighting prior to the destruction of the ghetto in 1943.
Recounts life in the Jewish quarter in Warsaw from 1939 to 1945 when the years of hunger and privation culminated in the complete destruction of that ghetto.
Describes life in the section of Warsaw where Polish Jews were confined by the Nazis and discusses the activities of the Jewish resistance prior to the destruction of the ghetto in 1943.
