Irena Sendler
Subtitle: bringing life to children of the Holocaust
By: Susan Brophy Down
Series: Crabtree groundbreaker biographies
Publisher: Crabtree Pub. Company; Crabtree Publishing Company; Crabtree Pub Co
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780778725534; 9780778725565; 9781427178619; 9781427179760
Subjects: Jews; Rescue; Jewish children in the Holocaust; Biography; World War, 1939-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Juvenile literature; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust; History
Description: The story of Irena Sendler, a Catholic woman who saved at least 2,500 chilren from death during the Holocaust.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The toolbox baby; title: Growing up in Poland; title: Early resistance 1939/1942; title: The great action and imprisonment; title: Warsaw uprising and liberation; title: Postwar and legacy.