Search results
Irena Stanisława Sendler (née Krzyżanowska), also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, nom de guerre Jolanta (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008), was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw.
Protestant kids from rural Kansas, discovered a Polish Catholic woman who saved Jewish children. Irena Sendler and these students chose to repair the world. This web site shares the legacy and life of Irena Sendler, plus her 'discovery' for the world.
Mar 21, 2016 · Irena Sendler was a Polish social worker who during World War II helped to rescue 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto.
Apr 19, 2009 · The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.
Irena Sendler (Sendlerowa) was working as a social worker in Warsaw when World War II broke out in 1939. After the Nazis forced Warsaw’s Jews to move into the ghetto in the fall of 1940, Irena used her position and prewar network to supply food and offer financial assistance to Jews.
This lovely, courageous woman was one of the most dedicated and active workers in aiding Jews during the Nazi occupation of Poland. Her courage enabled not only the survival of 2,500 Jewish children but also of the generations of their descendants. She passed away on May 12, 2008, at the age of 98.
Irena Sendler, at great personal danger, devised means to get into the ghetto and help the dying Jews. She managed to obtain a permit from the municipality that enabled her to enter the ghetto to inspect the sanitary conditions.
A photo taken in 1902, you can see Irena’s parents, Janina Grzybowska (17) and Stanislaw Krzyzanowski (24) as the betrothed couple. Students in the Irena Sendler Project interview a Polish historian with much information on Irena.
May 2001 – Survivor calls students “rescuers of Irena’s story for the world.”. March 2002 – Irena Sendler Day in Kansas City. July 2002 – Students take 2nd trip to Poland – 24 primary interviews, including Irena. April 2003 – Students begin Irena Sendler and Life in a Jar web site.
When World War II broke out, Irena Sendler was a 29-year-old social worker, employed by the Welfare Department of the Warsaw municipality. After the German occupation, the department continued to take care of the great number of poor and dispossessed people in the city.
