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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.
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. Updated: Apr 23, 2021. Photo: Stach Antkowiak/AFP via Getty...
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Jun 7, 2019 · Irena Sendler was a Polish social worker, nurse, and director of the children’s department for the Council for Aid to Jews, Zegota (an underground resistance group during WWII). She has been recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations, and awarded the Jan Karski for Valor and Courage.
It was about Irena Sendler and three Kansas teens who uncovered her story. The article explained that, in 1999, while planning a National History Day project, they found a brief reference to Sendler in a U.S. News and World Report article entitled “The Other Schindlers.”
The poor hygienic conditions in the crowded ghetto, the lack of food and medical supplies resulted in epidemics and high death rates. Irena Sendler, at great personal danger, devised means to get into the ghetto and help the dying Jews.
In the fall of 1943, Irena was appointed head of Żegota’s children's section. Only a few days later, she was arrested by the Gestapo (German secret state police). The Gestapo brutally beat and tortured her. Nonetheless, Irena never revealed the names of the children or her colleagues.
