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In my hands : memories of a Holocaust rescuer

"In My Hands began as one non-Jew's challenge to any who would deny the Holocaust. Much like The Diary of Anne Frank, it has become a profound document of an individual's heroism in the face of the greatest evil mankind has known. In the fall of 1939 the Nazis invaded Irene Gut's beloved Poland, ending her training as a nurse and thrusting the sixteen-year-old Catholic girl into a world of horrors that somehow gave her the strength to accomplish what amounted to miracles. Brutally abused and left for dead by Russian soldiers, Irene escaped into German-occupied territory, where she was forced to work for the German army. Her Aryan features landed her a job in the relative safety of an officers' dining room. With access to food and supplies, as well as the dinner conversations of SS officials, Irene was able to smuggle nourishment and information to the Jews in the ghetto, transport work camp prisoners to a forest enclave, and ultimately hide a dozen Jews in the home of the Nazi major for whom she was housekeeper. A harrowing and deeply affecting story of resistance and an extraordinary memoir of one young woman's belief in humanity, In My Hands stakes an impressive claim as a contemporary classic"--Page 4 of cover.

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  • ""In My Hands began as one non-Jew's challenge to any who would deny the Holocaust. Much like The Diary of Anne Frank, it has become a profound document of an individual's heroism in the face of the greatest evil mankind has known. In the fall of 1939 the Nazis invaded Irene Gut's beloved Poland, ending her training as a nurse and thrusting the sixteen-year-old Catholic girl into a world of horrors that somehow gave her the strength to accomplish what amounted to miracles. Brutally abused and left for dead by Russian soldiers, Irene escaped into German-occupied territory, where she was forced to work for the German army. Her Aryan features landed her a job in the relative safety of an officers' dining room. With access to food and supplies, as well as the dinner conversations of SS officials, Irene was able to smuggle nourishment and information to the Jews in the ghetto, transport work camp prisoners to a forest enclave, and ultimately hide a dozen Jews in the home of the Nazi major for whom she was housekeeper. A harrowing and deeply affecting story of resistance and an extraordinary memoir of one young woman's belief in humanity, In My Hands stakes an impressive claim as a contemporary classic"--Page 4 of cover."@en
  • "In My Hands began as one non-Jew's challenge to any who would deny the Holocaust. Much like The Diary of Anne Frank, it has become a profound document of an individual's heroism in the face of the greatest evil mankind has known. In the fall of 1939 the Nazis invaded Irene Gut's beloved Poland, ending her training as a nurse & thrusting the sixteen-year-old Catholic girl into a world of degradation that somehow gave her the strength to accomplish what amounted to miracles. Forced into the service of the German army, young Irene was able, due in part to her Aryan good looks, to use her position as a servant in an officers' club to steal food & supplies (and even information overheard at the officers' tables) for the Jews in the ghetto. She went on to smuggle Jews out of the work camps, ultimately hiding a dozen people in the home of a Nazi major for whom she was housekeeper. An important addition to the literature of human survival & heroism, In My Hands stakes an impressive claim as a contemporary classic."@en
  • "In My Hands began as one non-Jew's challenge to any who would deny the Holocaust. Much like The Diary of Anne Frank, it has become a profound document of an individual's heroism in the face of the greatest evil mankind has known. In the fall of 1939 the Nazis invaded Irene Gut's beloved Poland, ending her training as a nurse and thrusting the sixteen-year-old Catholic girl into a world of degradation that somehow gave her the strength to accomplish what amounted to miracles. Forced into the service of the German army, young Irene was able, due in part to her Aryan good looks, to use her position as a servant in an officers' club to steal food and supplies (and even information overheard at the officers' tables) for the Jews in the ghetto. She smuggled Jews out of the work camps, ultimately hiding a dozen people in the home of a Nazi major for whom she was housekeeper. An important addition to the literature of human survival and heroism, In My Hands is further proof of why, in spite of everything, we must believe in the goodness of people."@en
  • "1939, les armées de Hitler déferlent sur la Pologne. Irena Gut, une belle jeune fille, élève-infirmière, fervente catholique, habite avec sa famille et ses quatre s?urs tout près de la frontière allemande. Larmée en déroute se replie vers lEst, avec les infirmières de lécole dIrena qui refusent la reddition. Elles tombent alors aux mains des troupes russes et sont réquisitionnées pour leur hôpital de campagne. Violée à plusieurs reprises, évadée, cachée en Ukraine par une doctoresse humaniste, Irena parvient à regagner sa Pologne occupée, mais elle est prise dans une rafle allemande et affectée dans une usine darmement. Sa blondeur et sa maîtrise de la langue de G?the lui valent la bienveillance du major Rügemer.Son destin bascule lorsquelle tente de venir en aide à une douzaine de juifs du ghetto, pour leur permettre déchapper aux exterminations programmées par le Sturmbannführer Rokita, larchange pervers de la Solution finale."
  • "Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust."@en
  • "Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust."

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  • "Herinneringen (vorm)"
  • "Personal narratives"
  • "Personal narratives"@en
  • "Pamiętniki polskie"
  • "Pamiętniki polskie"@pl
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mémoires (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Erlebnisbericht"
  • "Pamiętniki amerykańskie"
  • "Pamiętniki amerykańskie"@pl
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en

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  • "Mémoires d'une juste : roman [i.e. récit]"
  • "Mémoires d'une Juste : roman"
  • "Wer ein Leben rettet ... : eine wahre Geschichte aus dem Holocaust"
  • "In my hands : memories of a Holocaust rescuer"@en
  • "In my hands : memories of a Holocaust rescuer"
  • "Mémoires d'une juste"
  • "Mémoires d'une Juste"
  • "Wer ein Leben rettet-- : eine wahre Geschichte aus dem Holocaust"
  • "In my hands"
  • "Ratowałam od zagłady : wspomnienia"@pl
  • "Ratowałam od zagłady : wspomnienia"
  • "In My Hands Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer"@en
  • "In my hands memories of a Holocaust rescuer"@en
  • "In my hands memories of a Holocaust rescuer"
  • "Wer ein Leben rettet ... eine wahre Geschichte aus dem Holocaust"
  • "In my hands : memories of e Holocaust rescuer"
  • "Wie een leven redt"
  • "In My Hands"
  • "In my hands : memories of a holocaust rescuer"
  • "In my hands : memories of a holocaust rescuer"@en
  • "Mémoires d'une juste : [récit]"

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