In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer Free Audiobook Download by Irene Gut Opdyke

[Irene Gut Opdyke escaped from Poland with her family.] As a child, Irene was forced to leave her home and her country in the wake of WWII. Five years later, she arrived by train at Auschwitz. In My Hands is the story of Irene's life as a Holocaust rescuer, told through memories of her own childhood experiences.

In My Hands is a memoir of Irene Gut Opdyke's experience while she was a young woman in Auschwitz. It tells the story of how she and her family escaped from the Holocaust and what it meant to be alive during such trying times. Irene has since passed away, but her son, Michael Wolfsberg, wrote down her story for others to read and listen to.

In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke is a fictional account of the author's life following her escape from the Polish ghetto to take refuge in Italy. In order to survive, she finds work as an assistant to an Italian surgeon and his wife. This work allows her to learn more about the world outside of Poland and changes her perspective on life.

Irene Opdyke was a young girl when she survived the Holocaust. On the eve of Passover, her family and many others were deported to concentration camps. Irene was able to escape from her captors and make her way back home with help from the American soldier who captured her and brought her to freedom. Her family passed away in the camps but she learned of their deaths while working as a nurse in Israel.

"Irene Gut Opdyke's memoir is a record not only of the events of her life but also an intimate, moving account of survival."

Irene Gut Opdyke was a Holocaust rescuer and the author of In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer, a memoir about her experiences as an adolescent in Nazi-occupied Holland. As Irene and her family were forced to leave their home, she documented their journey by writing letters and stories in what became known as the "Children's Watch."