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In My Hands
In My Hands | Irene Gut Opdyke, Jennifer Armstrong
An utterly amazing, true, first-person account of one girl's experience in wartime. Irene Gut Opdyke was a Catholic Polish nursing student when WWII broke out. She soon became mired in the horrors of central Europe as, at various times, a partisan, a refugee, a housekeeper to the Nazis and, over all, as a heroine. She singlehandedly saved the lives of at least 16 Jewish people from the Holocaust. Now living in America and aged 77, Irene, with the help of a respected historical novelist, has told her story with all the power and passion that such a remarkable history can inspire.
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Jas16
In My Hands | Irene Gut Opdyke, Jennifer Armstrong
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Irene Gut was 16 when the Nazis invaded Germany. Despite her youth and the #danger she became a part of the resistance smuggling food, supplies, and information and helping hide Jews in the home of a Nazi officer where she worked. I read this memoir years ago and remember being enthralled. #reallyrandomfebruary

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks stacked! you know this is right up my ally!
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OriginalCyn620 Sounds great! 4y
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Pickpick

One of the best books I've read on the Holocaust. This qoute will stay with me for years! I couldn't put the book down. Such courage from all!

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BridgetteM
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For #YAWednesday, I am choosing In My Hands. Its a memoir about a woman who was a Polish resistance member during WW2. The quote is the opening line of the book. I will never forget it as long as I live. This is a heavy, gut wrenching memoir with lots of violence. However, it‘s one everyone should read so that the victims of the atrocities committed in WW2 are never forgotten. @TheFunkyBookworm

Daisey I have this on audio, and I think after your post I need to move it up on the list! 6y
TheFunkyBookworm Oh wow- this quote has me wanting more! Stacking! Thank you 💜🎉 6y
BridgetteM @TheFunkyBookworm and @Daisey I can‘t recommend it highly enough. 6y
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So far this WWII memoir is heartbreaking and horrifying. The things that humans can do to each other never ceases to shock me.

Daisey I have this on audio but have not gotten a chance to listen yet. 7y
AvidReader25 @Daisey I'm listening to the audio as well. It's not an easy book. 7y
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This is a true story. It's truly inspiring and gave me the feels.

Libby1 @ToniFGMAMTC - I have this in my TBR. I'm glad you liked it! 7y
ToniFGMAMTC @Libby1 I hope it‘s a win for you 7y
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ThePurpleSponge
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When the war began, Irene Gut was just 17: a student nurse, a Polish patriot, a good Catholic girl. Forced to work in a German officers' dining hall, she learned how to fight back.

This looks like an interesting and up-close perspective. TBR?

rjsthumbelina I read this in Jr high and remember loving it! Strong MC 6y
RadicalReader @ThePurpleSponge if you enjoyed reading about Holocaust experiences be sure to check out My Brother‘s Voice by Stephen Nasser 6y
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The Hiding Place, in which a family was sent to concentration camps for helping Jews, was the first book about WWII that I ever read. My grandma gave it to me when I was 11. It fueled a life-long love of books about that war. In My Hands is the story of the lengths one woman went to in order to save as many Jews as she could. #war #maybookflowers

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Jas16
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A memoir by a Polish woman who worked to rescue Jews during the holocaust. She had to endure horrifying things but #shepersisted #marchintoreading

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This woman was amazing. She hid Jews in the basement of a German general's home! 😱 She is definitely one of my #historicalheroines