Irene Opdyke (née Irena Gut, 5 May 1922, Kozienice, Poland – 17 May 2003) was named by the Israeli Holocaust Commission as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, a title given to those who risked their lives by aiding and saving Jews during the Holocaust, and was presented with the Israel Medal of Honor, Israel's highest tribute, in a ceremony at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. The Vatican has given her a special commendation, and her story is part of a permanent exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Irene Gut Opdyke continues to share her story in talks around the country. She lives in Yorba Linda, California.

Books by Irene Gut Opdyke

In My Hands

Irene Gut Opdyke with Jennifer Armstrong

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. In this memoir, she tells her harrowing story.