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Irena Sendler: Bringing Life to Children of the Holocaust (Crabtree Groundbreaker Biographies) (Paperback)

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Irena Sendler: Bringing Life to Children of the Holocaust (Crabtree Groundbreaker Biographies) By Susan Brophy Down Cover Image
By Susan Brophy Down
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Irena Sendler was born into a Catholic family in Poland in 1910. Her father, a physician, instilled in her compassion for patients others refused to treat, particularly poor Jews. Throughout the German occupation in World War II, Irena worked tirelessly to help save Poland's Jews from the Nazi horror. Convincing Jewish families to give up their children and Catholic families to risk their own lives by taking them in, Irena saved at least 2,500 Jewish children from certain death during the Holocaust. By the time of her death in 2008, Irena had been honored by the governments of Poland and Israel, Pope John Paul II, and many of those she had rescued.
Product Details
ISBN: 9780778725565
ISBN-10: 0778725561
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Publication Date: April 1st, 2012
Pages: 112
Language: English
Series: Crabtree Groundbreaker Biographies
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