"September 1939: The conquering Nazis swarm through Warsaw as social worker Irena Sendler watches in dread from her apartment window. Already, the city's poor go hungry. Irena wonders how she will continue to deliver food and supplies to those who need it most, including the forbidden Jews. The answer comes unexpectedly. Dragged from her home in the night, Irena is brought before a Gestapo agent, Klaus Rein, who offers her a position running the city's soup kitchens, all to maintain the illusion of order"--Provided by publisher.
year: 2020
call number/section: 1000
subjects: sendlerowa, irena, 1910-2008, fiction, righteous gentiles in the holocaust, warsaw, fiction, jewish children in the holocaust, world war, 1939-1945, rescue, warsaw (poland), historical fiction, action and adventure fiction, war fiction