Irena Sendler: A Life in Hiding: The Woman Who Risked Everything to Save Hundreds of Jewish Children from the Warsaw Ghetto

By RealEcho Press

She buried their names in jars-tiny slips of paper hidden beneath the soil in war-torn Warsaw, carrying the only link to the real identities of the children she had smuggled to safety. Their names could have vanished with the wind, but she risked everything to make sure they wouldn't be forgotten. Who would do such a thing in the face of certain death? One woman. One mission. Thousands of lives.

IRENA SENDLER: A Life in Hiding is the unforgettable true story of a young Polish social worker who stood against a monster machine of hatred and genocide. As the Nazi regime turned Poland into a prison and sealed over 400,000 Jews inside the Warsaw Ghetto, Irena slipped past the guards-not once, not twice, but hundreds of times. Her arms carried children. Her pockets carried hope. Her mind carried every child's name, and her heart carried the unbearable weight of asking parents to say goodbye so their children might live.

This book takes you inside the walls of the ghetto, beneath the streets into the sewers, and into the hidden corners of homes and convents where children were disguised, renamed, and saved from the Holocaust. It tells of a secret network of ordinary people-tram drivers, nuns, nurses, who became heroes in silence. It reveals the harrowing moment Irena was captured, tortured, sentenced to death, and still never betrayed a single soul. It brings to life the jars she buried and the memories they held-names that would have otherwise disappeared with the ashes.

This is a life lesson carved into the pages of time.
Open the book. Remember the names. Carry the legacy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F9NFJVNZ
• ISBN13: 9798284878484
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"