Irena Sendler, I don't even know where to start with this remarkable woman. She was a very courageous woman. More than 2,500 children of the Warsaw Ghetto owed their lives to Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who worked wonders right under the Nazis’ less-than-diligent gaze. She actually took these children from their parents and crossed them over Nazi borders and placed them with Catholic families. She wrote information of each child onto a slip of paper and placed them in a jar, hoping to reunite each child with their parents.
Irena was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007 but lost out to Al Gores' Global Warming project.
Irena was quoted in saying: "Every child saved with my help is the justification of my existence on this Earth, and not a title to glory"[8]
—Letter to Polish Parliament
So her existence was discovered by a group of high school kids' project. The teacher bet the kids that they could not find the lady that said she saved over 2500 children. The students researched and found her.
Since, there has been a play about her courageous efforts called: "Life in a Jar" and I just got done watching the Hallmark movie called: " The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler". It was a wonderful movie.
Sadly, Irena Sendler passed away on May 8, 2008 at the ripe ole age of 98.
Irena told children in 2002, "You cannot separate people based on their race or religion. You can only separate people by good and evil. The good will always triumph".
Since, there has been a play about her courageous efforts called: "Life in a Jar" and I just got done watching the Hallmark movie called: " The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler". It was a wonderful movie.
Sadly, Irena Sendler passed away on May 8, 2008 at the ripe ole age of 98.
Irena told children in 2002, "You cannot separate people based on their race or religion. You can only separate people by good and evil. The good will always triumph".
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