Heroines, rescuers, rabbis, spies : unsung women of the Holocaust / by Sarah Silberstein Swartz.
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TextPublisher: Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 147 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- cartographic image
- unmediated
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- 9781772602623
- 1772602620
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Jewish women in the Holocaust -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | YA NonFiction | New | 940.5318 S973 | Available | 33111010956437 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile.
With compassion and admiration, author Sarah Silberstein Swartz paints portraits of women who stood up for themselves and others in dangerous times. Overlooked by history, they leapt from fear to action with bravery that deserves recognition.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146).
Introduction -- Born for the pulpit: Rabbi Regina Jonas -- Woman warrior with a camera: Faye Lazebnik Schulman -- Heroine of six thousand visas: Yukiki Kikuchi Sugihara -- Chronicler and conscience of the Holocaust: Rachel Eiga Auerbach -- Jewish spy for the British: Vera Rosenberg Atkins -- Surrogate mother of many: Lena Kuchler Silberman -- One righteous woman: Irena Gut Opdyke -- Sister survivors: Ruth Zlotnik Altman and Regina Zlognik Silberstein.
"Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile."-- Back cover.
13+ Second Story Press.
8-12. Second Story Press.