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Your life is worth mine : how Polish nuns saved hundreds of Jewish children in German-occupied Poland, 1939-1945 / Ewa Kurek ; introduction by Jan Karski.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: D810.J4 K8313 1997

Overview

Uniform Title: Gdy klasztor znaczył życie. English
Variant Title: How Polish nuns saved hundreds of Jewish children in German-occupied Poland, 1939-1945
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Kurek, Ewa.
Published: New York : Hippocrene Books, [1997]
©1997
Locale: Poland
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 0781804094
Physical Description: 255 pages : map ; 24 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Poland. Jewish children--Poland. Monasticism and religious orders for women--Poland--History. World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Catholic Church--Poland--History--20th century.

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