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Irena Sendlerowa

Irena Krzyżanowska was a 29-year-old. born in the Polish city of Otwock to a Catholic family. Her father Stanislav was a doctor of socialist views, most of whom came from the town’s Jewish residents, 20 miles southeast.

Born Irena Krzyżanowska February 15, 1910 Warsaw, Congress Poland

Died May 12, 2008 (aged 98)

Irena Sendlerowa was a Catholic nurse and a Polish social worker and an underground member who opposed the Nazis during World War II. For her actions to save Jewish children, she was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations and the State of Israel’s honorary citizenship.

 first, Irena joined the Zagota organization, run by the Polish government in exile in London with the help of Jews.

her main occupation there was to rescue Jewish children. She risked her life in rescue and rescue operations with the help of people who enlisted for help, forging documents giving Jews Christian names and obtaining sick certificates designed to deter the Nazis from spreading infectious diseases.

Later, she began smuggling children from the ghetto to monasteries or to Christian families, using forged papers they arranged underground.

In October 1943, the Gestapo banned her and tortured her to give the names of the children she rescued.

She was sentenced to death, along with another 39 prisoners, but was rescued with the help of a guard.

In 1965, Yad Vashem awarded her the title of Righteous Among the Nations and in 1991 she received Israeli citizenship.

Bibliography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler

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