Los Niños de Irena / Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2.500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto -- Tilar J. Mazzeo

from joannemonck

This is a very sad book about a very sad time in the lives to the Polish people. With WWII came the Germans and he holocaust. Warsaw was the city the Germans were going to use to hold back "the enemy" and it is the story of one woman, with the assistance of many other Poles, and he Jewish childre...

from billsearth

Outstanding biography if Irena Sendler by a very good biographer who writes with clarity and suspense. This biography transcends history and even personality, to highlight morality and ethics.The author seamless intertwines these three themes perfectly. Since the author interviewed Irena, she had...

from -Cee-

This book goes a long way in answering the question I have heard many times ... "Why didn't more people help the Jews who were so badly persecuted and executed?" Of course there were several outstanding stories of those who understood the reality and risked everything to save many. But this book ...

from Darcia

Books like this one are not easy to read, and they shouldn't be. But, when well written, books like this can teach us a lot about how and why average men and women either went along with the masses, silent in the face of atrocities, or stayed true to their values, fought against the tide, and bec...

from JanaRose1

In the midst of Warsaw during WWII, Irena Sendler set up a network to rescue Jewish children. She not only smuggled children from the ghetto, she sets up an extensive network to house the children and provided money for their support. This was an absolutely fascinating book. I had never heard of ...