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In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
In My Hands Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
Author: Irene Opdyke, Jennifer Armstrong
Irene Gut was just seventeen in 1939, when the Germans and the Russians divided and devoured her native Poland. In an instant her life would be transformed—distilled to flight, capture, escape, and hiding. —          — After being rounded up outside of church one Sunday, Irene was put to work for the G...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679991816
ISBN-10: 0679991816
Publication Date: 8/17/1999
Pages: 288
Reading Level: Young Adult
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4.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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rockmom66 avatar reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on + 47 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A very good book. I read this book in a couple days. Very easy read. A different than usual book about the Holocaust,but with the same gut & heart wrenching terrible feelings. A must for the Holocaust survivor "reader".
reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on + 25 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A moving story that is unforgettable. The courage of this lady when she was just a young girl is overwhelming. I found myself wondering if I would have the faith, courage, strength to do what she accomplished. A must read for all!
miss-info avatar reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on + 386 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
If you're reading a book about the German occupation of Poland, you already know there is going to be violence and cruelty. This book deals with rape, executions of adults & children, prison interrogations, and everything else that goes with the territory, but does it in a respectful and thankfully-not-overly-detailed way. Other books might describe events in a blow-by-blow way, but Irene states things simply and moves on. The war in Poland did not end when Germany withdrew, and neither does this book. The Russians were almost as bad as the Germans, and they hung around until 1984. After the war Irene had to deal with being 23 years old, having lived a lifetime of war already, and suddenly having her entire purpose of being removed. What do you do if you have dedicated your life to saving Jews, and suddenly there is no more need of hiding them in the basement?

If you liked this book, I recommend The Zookeeper's Wife, The Hiding Place, and the Hallmark Movies The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, and One Against the Wind.
reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on + 12 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This was a very moving and wonderful book. The encounters, fear and real life of the holocaust and those living in and through it! Reading this might bring a tear or two to your eyes but it's a great book, i had to read for a class and kept afterwards!
BriSplit avatar reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on + 17 more book reviews
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When I was 13 I read this book and I have recommended it to many friends and never forgotten it. It was hard at first to read as I'm sensitive and easily become emotionally involved in what I'm reading, but this is a touching story and one that is hard to put down.
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reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on + 9 more book reviews
I really enjoyed this book, such courage for a young girl, i could never imagine doing anything shes done. Her amazing story gives much hope in a cruel world, im surprised her story isnt more popular
SouthernChelz avatar reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on + 216 more book reviews
Extraordinary biography and memior of what Poland went through during the occupation of the Germans and Russians. I checked this book out at the library for our WWII unit study to read to my family. It is not for the faint of heart. There are many situations in this book that I did have to leave out because Irene tells the whole truth. It is a great book and needs to be read by all. Courage always takes the hard road but thank God there are those in our midst willing to stand up for those that can't.
Barry1776 avatar reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on + 72 more book reviews
A fascinating, powerful unabridged audio book - the true story of a Holocaust rescuer.
Page5 avatar reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on
Excellent book - the reader is quite good as well. An amazing story of a young girl who did whatever she could to save people from execution. The accounts of the bombings she survived left me breathless. Mesmerizing story of a courageous girl.
reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on + 60 more book reviews
Wonderful narration of the story. It was insightful to have a perspective from a Polish girl who rescued Jews on the events of WWII outside of a death camp or ghetto. It highlighted what other non-jewish citizens of invaded countries experienced. Some of the images were disturbing, but they really happened and it further highlighted the horrible things that happened to people at the hands of the Nazi party. But what this young lady did was amazing and inspiring and her story is incredible.
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Wonderful book. Unique writing, and how she paces the story is so natural and uncontrived. I never felt like I was reading someone's else's reality. It was like she was speaking in a soft voice almost like a whisper, telling about her life.
reviewed In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer on + 80 more book reviews
Amazing story!


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