A review by boxerrebellion1
Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto by Tilar J. Mazzeo

4.0

Irena's Children tells the story of Irena Sendler during WWII in Warsaw. A Catholic, she was a radical before the German invasion and banded together with mentors and friends to help resist the Nazi's and save thousands of children from Warsaw and its ghetto from 'the final solution'. Irena was not a superhero trope.... she was a real person, and as such had flaws. She also never considered herself a hero, instead Irena always regretted those she was unable to save... despite the odds and the amount she did accomplish.

Between this and The Zookeeper's Wife, I am realizing that due to the USSR's actions following WWII there are many stories we have yet to hear.