Irena's jars of secrets
| Titel: | Irena's jars of secrets / Marcia Vaughan; Illustrated by Ron Mazellan |
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| Veröffentlicht: | New York, N.Y. : Lee & Low Books, 2011 |
| Umfang: | 32 Seiten : Illustrationen |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9781600604393 ; 1600604390 |
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The illustrated biography of Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker who saved nearly 2500 Jewish children from the ghetto. She began by smuggling food, clothing and medicine into the ghetto, then turned to smuggling children out of the ghetto. Using false papers and creative means of escape, Irena risked her own life to rescue Jewish children and hide them safely in orphanages, convents and foster homes. Hoping to reunite families after the war, Irena kept secret lists of the children's identities, which were buried in jars under an apple tree.
