Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project
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Book Overview
During World War II, Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker, organized a rescue network of fellow social workers to save 2,500 Jewish children from certain death in the Warsaw ghetto. Incredibly, after the war her heroism, like that of many others, was suppressed by communist Poland and remained virtually unknown for 60 years. Unknown, that is, until three high school girls from an economically depressed, rural school district in southeast...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:098411131X
ISBN13:9780984111312
Release Date:March 2011
Publisher:Long Trail Press
Length:396 Pages
Weight:1.26 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Human ingenuity, endurance, and compassion.
Published by GardeNerd , 2 years ago
This book shows how 1 strong person can make a difference in the world. Irena should be as well known as Anne Frank. The literary skills may be less polished but the narrative is inspiring.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 8 years ago
I have read many books about World War II and all the horrors but this book will remain in my memory forever. What a courageous woman Irena was.
It's to bad that it took so many years for her story to be told. She was truly a saint on this earth. The high school girls from Kansas are to be honored for the work they did to bring this story to light. I cannot praise this book enough.
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