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Mar 21, 2016 · Learn about Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker who saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Find out about her life, awards, death and more.
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.
Learn about Irena Sendler, the Polish Catholic woman who saved Jewish children during the Holocaust, and her legacy of Holocaust education. Order the award-winning book, host the play, or donate to support the foundation.
Jun 7, 2019 · Learn about Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker who saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII. Discover her early life, her arrest and escape, and her later awards and legacy.
When Hitler and his Nazis built the Warsaw Ghetto and herded 500,000 Polish Jews behind its walls to await liquidation, Irena Sendler defied the Nazis and saved 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto. As a health worker, she sneaked the children out between 1942 and 1943 to safe hiding places and found non-Jewish ...
Irena Sendler (1910–2008) was a member of the Council for Aid to Jews, codenamed “Żegota.”. Żegota was a clandestine rescue organization of Poles and Jews in German-occupied Poland. Supported by the Polish government-in-exile, Żegota coordinated efforts to save Jews from Nazi persecution and murder. It operated from 1942 to 1945.
Irena Sendler was a social worker who helped Jews in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. She smuggled children out of the ghetto, set up hiding places, and was arrested and released by the Germans.
