Overview
- Summary
- "Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile."-- Back cover.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2022]
©2022 - Contents
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Introduction
Born for the pulpit: Rabbi Regina Jonas
Woman warrior with a camera: Faye Lazebnik Schulman
Heroine of six thousand visas: Yukiki Kikuchi Sugihara
Chronicler and conscience of the Holocaust: Rachel Eiga Auerbach
Jewish spy for the British: Vera Rosenberg Atkins
Surrogate mother of many: Lena Kuchler Silberman
One righteous woman: Irena Gut Opdyke
Sister survivors: Ruth Zlotnik Altman and Rgina Zlognik Silberstein. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146).
Introduction -- Born for the pulpit: Rabbi Regina Jonas -- Woman warrior with a camera: Faye Lazebnik Schulman -- Heroine of six thousand visas: Yukiki Kikuchi Sugihara -- Chronicler and conscience of the Holocaust: Rachel Eiga Auerbach -- Jewish spy for the British: Vera Rosenberg Atkins -- Surrogate mother of many: Lena Kuchler Silberman -- One righteous woman: Irena Gut Opdyke -- Sister survivors: Ruth Zlotnik Altman and Rgina Zlognik Silberstein.
13+
8-12.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781772602623
1772602620 - Additional Form
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Issued also in electronic format.
- Physical Description
- 147 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography--Juvenile literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Biography--Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945--Women--Biography--Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Juvenile literature. Women heroes--Biography--Juvenile literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Women--Biography. Jewish women--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Women heroes--Biography. Holocauste, 1939-1945--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Juives pendant l'Holocauste--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Femmes--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Mouvements de résistance juifs--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Mouvements de résistance--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Héroïnes--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Holocaust. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Girls & Women. Jewish women in the Holocaust War--Underground movements Women Women heroes Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Juvenile literature Jewish women in the Holocaust--Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Juvenile literature Women heroes--Juvenile literature Biographies. Young adult nonfiction. Biography Biographies Juvenile works
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