| In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer Contributor(s): Opdyke, Irene Gut (Author), Armstrong, Jennifer (With) |
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ISBN: 0553538845 ISBN-13: 9780553538847 Publisher: Ember OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Holocaust - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Violence |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.5" (0.55 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 34749 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so powerful.--School Library Journal, starred I did not ask myself, Should I do this? but How will I do this? Through 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. |