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On 19 October 1965, Yad Vashem recognized Irena Sendler as Righteous Among the Nations. The tree planted in her honor stands at the entrance to the Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations. Irena Sendler died on 12 May 2008. Irena Sendler's daughter, Janina, visited Yad Vashem in 2010. Smuggling Children out of the GhettoWhen World War II ...
May 12, 2008 · - Irena Sendler quotes from BrainyQuote.com "Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory."
Jan 20, 2011 · Irene Sendler never saw herself as a hero and even stated a wish that she wished she could have done more. After a life of great courage and humility, Irena died at the age of 98, on May 12, 2008. Even now, details of her heroism are being revealed through the letters she left behind and the children who she saved.
Irena Sendler (Sendlerowa) was just 4′11″ tall, her lively, intelligent black eyes set in a round, smiling face. She was beautiful, and in taped interviews one can see a warm yet quietly determined individual. Still, her appearance more closely resembled a favorite doll than a fearless resistance leader.
Liz, Megan, and Sabrina, who began as students of history for a National History Day competition, became recorders of history, championing Sendler’s legacy in Poland, the U.S., and around the world. Three teenagers from rural Kansas helped crack open the silence about the Holocaust in Poland. My first brush with this story came in the winter ...
271 Copy quote. I am the conscience of all those who knew something - but did nothing. Oskar Schindler. Conscience. 200 Copy quote. I knew the people who worked for me. When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings. Oskar Schindler. People, Behave, Humans.
On October 19, 1965, Yad Vashem recognized Irena Sendler as Righteous Among the Nations. The tree planted in her honor stands at the entrance to the Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations. The Zegota activist who smuggled children out of the Warsaw ghetto. Arrested in Oct 1943, and released in Feb 1944, she continued her resistance activities.
