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Mayer's book breathes life into Holocaust history

Posted on July 26, 2010 |
By George Altshuler



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LOCAL PEDIATRICIAN AND author Jack Mayer recently self-published “Life in a Jar,” a book about American students who produced a play on the life of unsung Polish Holocaust hero Irena Sendler. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

MIDDLEBURY — Irena Sendler has become a national hero in Poland, and deservedly so. During World War II, she risked her life to rescue 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto, often knocking on the doors of Jewish homes and convincing parents to entrust her with their children.

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