false 494320 3 When World War II began, Irene Gutowna was a 17-year-old Polish nursing student. Six years later, she writes in this inspiring memoir, "I felt a million years old." In the intervening time she was separated from her family, raped by Russian soldiers, and forced to work in a hotel serving German officers. Sickened by the suffering inflicted on the local Jews, Irene began leaving food under the walls of the ghetto. Soon she was scheming to protect the Jewish workers she supervised at the hotel, and then hiding them in the lavish villa where she served as housekeeper to a German major. When he discovered them in the house, Gutowna became his mistress to protect her friends--later escaping him to join the Polish partisans during the Germans' retreat. The author presents her extraordinary heroism as the inevitable result of small steps taken over time, but her readers will not agree as they consume this thrilling adventure story, which also happens to be a drama of moral choice and courage. Although adults will find Irene's tale moving, it is appropriately published as a young adult book. Her experiences while still in her teens remind adolescents everywhere that their actions count, that the power to make a difference is in their hands. <I>--Wendy Smith</I> 1246600 1999 In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer total:390|5:199|4:133|3:50|2:6|1:2| 390 1691 690 104 5 2 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 12:04:01 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 12:04:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 29 12:30:08 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 13:01:56 -0700 2009
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