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Loading... Irena: Book Two: Children of the Ghettoby Jean-David Morvan
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |  Like I mentioned when I posted about Volume One, this is both a wonderful historical account as well as an important example of what individuals can do, singly and when banding together, in spite of evil regimes, such as Nazi Germany then and Trump's AmeriKKKa now. Fight and resist by whatever means available. There is nothing wrong with the art style either. There is something to be said about having the art offer a mildly less harsh counter to a very dark time. If thee knew anything about literary works thee wouldn't whine, but alas, whining is popular nowadays. I would recommend this to any reader who likes both graphic novels and 20th century history. Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via Edelweiss. (  ) pomo58 | Aug 3, 2020 | Israel’s Yad Vashem honored her as “Righteous Among the Nations,” that is Irena Sendlerowa Sendler, a social worker in Poland during the Nazi regime. After being imprisoned and tortured herself, she spent the remaining years of the war rescuing Jewish children by giving them to Christians to disguise as their own. This is a fictionalized story of the danger and horrors of that time and place and one person who was driven to change the future. After the war she devoted her energies to helping those children find their lost parent where possible. She died in 2008 at the age of 98. This beautifully illustrated graphic novel drives home the reality of it all and reinforces Never Again. I requested and received a free ebook copy from Magnetic Press via NetGalley. Thank you, but I will be buying a print copy soon. ( ) jetangen4571 | Jul 20, 2020 | no reviews | add a review
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The true tale of Irena Sendlerowa, a social worker inthe Warsaw ghetto in the early 1940s, during the early days of Germanoccupation. She is credited for saving the lives of 2500 Jewish children bygradually and quietly smuggling them to safety in small groups. While she iseventually arrested by Gestapo, imprisoned, and tortured for her actions, sherefuses to reveal her network and is condemned to death. She is ultimately savedfrom death by other members of herorganization. This second volume focuses onIrena's activities following her incarceration, and her years long mission tolocate and reunite the rescued children with their families, which led decadeslater to her ultimate recognition. Her attempts to locate each of their naturalparents for reunion were as often heartbreaking as fulfilling. And while most ofthe parents had been gassed in the Holocaust, she made it her mission to helpthose orphaned find new homes. No library descriptions found. |
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