Irena's Children: The extraordinary story... by Tilar J. Mazzeo 940.53 Maz

The full title, which explains the whole book, is: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto.

Irena is often compared to Schindler.  What she did will give you chills and fill you with such awe.  Irena was a social worker.  Because of that she was granted permission to come and go from the Ghetto.  Irena was able to convince many parents to allow her to take their children - if not to safety, at least to a place where they could have a chance for survival.  She created a network of people to help.  They used coffins, sewers, overcoats and anything else that worked.

Besides getting the children out, she took another extraordinary risk to keep a list of their identities so that they could be reunited after the war.  An optimistic task since only 10% of the children had any family after the war.

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