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Book Description
IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it.
“No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so powerful.”—School LibraContinue
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- English Books
- Mass Market Paperback 304 Pages
- Edition: Reissue
- ISBN-10: 0553494112
- ISBN-13: 9780553494112
- Publisher: Laurel Leaf
- Pub date: Sep 14, 2004
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
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| 9780553494112 | Mass Market Paperback | $7.50 | $6.75 | bn.com |
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Beautiful, hard story of a brave young woman
Irene is a model for all of us. She was caught up in evil herself but didn't let that stop her from helping those caught up worse in it. She was Polish but not Jewish. She was a forced laborer under the Germans, but she used her position to helped Jews and hide Jews. She faced danger, was under t ... (continue)
Irene is a model for all of us. She was caught up in evil herself but didn't let that stop her from helping those caught up worse in it. She was Polish but not Jewish. She was a forced laborer under the Germans, but she used her position to helped Jews and hide Jews. She faced danger, was under the threat of death, had to give up her innocence, but she did not give up her charges or her honor. We should all try to be so bold in the face of our struggles and should we ever witness such evil, I pray that we shall all be strong enough to stand against it.
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