Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children From the Warsaw Ghetto

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When: Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 6:30pm - 6:30pm

Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)

212-340-0863
Price: Free

With Tilar J. Mazzeo, the New York Times bestselling author of "The Widow Clicquot," "The Secret of Chanel No. 5," and "Hotel on the Place Vendôme."

This illustrated lecture tells the story of Irena Sendler—the “female Oskar Schindler”—who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.



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