Irena Sendler: Bringing Life to Children of the Holocaust

From the Series Crabtree Groundbreaker Biographies
  • Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 9
  • Reading Level: Grade 6

Irena Sendler was born into a Catholic family in Poland in 1910. Her father, a physician, instilled in her compassion for patients others refused to treat, particularly poor Jews. Throughout the German occupation in World War II, Irena worked tirelessly to help save Poland's Jews from the Nazi horror. Convincing Jewish families to give up their children and Catholic families to risk their own lives by taking them in, Irena saved at least 2,500 Jewish children from certain death during the Holocaust. By the time of her death in 2008, Irena had been honored by the governments of Poland and Israel, Pope John Paul II, and many of those she had rescued.

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Interest Level Grade 5 - Grade 9
Reading Level Grade 6
Age Range 10 - 14
Dewey 940.53
Lexile 1180L
ATOS Reading Level 8.8
Guided Reading Level Y
Subjects Biographies, History
Genres Nonfiction
Publisher Crabtree Publishing
Imprint Crabtree Classics
Copyright 2012
Number of Pages 112
Dimensions 7.25 x 9.25
Graphics Full-color photographs, Historical photographs
BISACS JNF007020, JNF025090, JNF007120
Rights Included WORLD
Language English

Author: Susan Brophy Down

Full-color photographs, Historical photographs