In my hands: memories of a Holocaust rescuer
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"I did not ask myself, “Should I do this?” but “How will I do this?” hrough this intimate and compelling memoir, we are witness to the growth of a hero. Much like The Diary of Anne Frank, In My Hands has become a profound testament to individual courage. You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of Jews, a defierof the SS and the Nazis, all at once. When the war began, Irene Gut was just seventeen: a student nurse, a Polish patriot, a good Catholic girl. Forced to work in a German officiers’ dining hall, she learns how to fight back. One’s first steps are always small: I had begun by hiding food under a fence. Irene eavesdropped on the German’s plans. She smuggled people out of the work camp. And she hid twelve Jews in the basement of a Nazi major’s home. To deliver her friends from evil, this young woman did whatever it took -- even the impossible"--
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Autobiographies
Autobiography
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
History
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Juvenile literature
Jews
Juvenile works
Literature
Opdyke, Irene Gut
Opdyke, Irene Gut, -- 1922-2003
Opdyke, Irene Gut, -- 1922-2003 -- Juvenile literature
Personal narratives
Personal narratives -- Polish
Rescue
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Sociology
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland -- Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish -- Juvenile literature
Young adult literature
Young Adult Nonfiction
Autobiography
Biographies
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Juvenile literature
Jews
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Literature
Opdyke, Irene Gut
Opdyke, Irene Gut, -- 1922-2003
Opdyke, Irene Gut, -- 1922-2003 -- Juvenile literature
Personal narratives
Personal narratives -- Polish
Rescue
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Sociology
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland -- Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish -- Juvenile literature
Young adult literature
Young Adult Nonfiction
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Level 6, 11 Points
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Personal narratives
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue
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