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e. Irena Stanisława Sendler ( née Krzyżanowska ), also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, nom de guerre Jolanta (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008), [1] was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw. From October 1943 she was head of ...
Jul 2, 2008 · Published July 2, 2008. Claim: Irena Sendler, credited with saving 2,500 Polish Jews from the Holocaust, was a candidate for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize but lost out to Al Gore. Rating:...
Feb 29, 2020 · Learn how Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker, saved thousands of Jewish children during the Holocaust and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Read about her courage, her methods, her torture and her legacy.
Mar 21, 2016 · Irena Sendler was a Polish social worker who rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008, but did not win.
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In 2007, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In April 2009, the Audrey Hepburn Foundation posthumously awarded Irena Sendler its 2009 Humanitarian Award. Yet it was not for her own sake that Irena was so pleased with the recognition.
May 18, 2008 · RAZ: The Polish Senate nominated Irena Sendler for the Nobel Peace Prize last year. They held a celebration in her honor but she was too frail to attend, so she sent letter, once again,...
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.
