Irena Sendler 1910-2008
A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler recently died. During WWII, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist. Irena smuggled Jewish children out; infants in the bottom of the tool box she carried and older children in a burlap sack she carried in the back of her truck. She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids’ and infants’ noises. Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children. She eventually was caught, and the Nazis broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited some of the families. Most had been killed. She helped those children get placement into foster family homes or adopted.
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WOW! What a fantastic story!
What a beautiful face, and clearly a wonderful spirit.
I think she was Polish by birth, truly a wonderful , brave and Righteous person! zikhronah livrakha, may her memory be for blessing!
Her page at Yad vashem
wow! what an amazing brave wondeful woman. it is so incredible what even one person can do if they have love! 2500 children is no small thing! thanks for sharing this Janne :o) Hope you are having a spectacular day!
Irina was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She really was an amazing woman.
amazing story, what an Incredibly brave woman…. Thank god or people like her….