In my hands : memories of a Holocaust rescuer

IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it.“No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so powerful.”—__School Library Journal__, Starred**__A__ Book Sense __Top Ten Pick__****__A__ Publisher’s Weekly __Choice of the Year’s Best Books__****__A__ Booklist __Editors Choice__** IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it. “No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so powerful.”— School Library Journal , Starred A Book Sense Top Ten Pick A Publisher’s Weekly Choice of the Year’s Best Books A Booklist Editors Choice Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust.