Irena Sendler died May 12, 2008 (age 98) Warsaw, Poland. She lived through WWII.
Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist during the war.She had an ulterior motive. Irena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried.She also carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck, for larger kids. Irena kept a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.
The
soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered
the kids/infants noises. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle
out and save 2500 kids/infants. Ultimately, she was caught, however, and the
Nazi's broke both of her legs and arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a
record of the names of all the kids she had smuggled out, in a glass jar that
she buried under a tree in her back
yard.
After the
war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and tried to reunite
the family. Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster
family homes or adopted. In 2007 Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was
not
selected.
Al Gore
won, for a slide show on Global Warming. Later another politician, Barack
Hussein Obama, won for his work as a community organizer for ACORN.
Now it's 102 years later (May 12th) since she was born. Irena is a REAL HERO and should have received the Nobel Peace Prize. The world may not recognize her as a great human being but I do.
Thank you Irena for your contribution to this world and Happy Birthday.
Now it's 102 years later (May 12th) since she was born. Irena is a REAL HERO and should have received the Nobel Peace Prize. The world may not recognize her as a great human being but I do.
Thank you Irena for your contribution to this world and Happy Birthday.
Grandma I really liked that, I am happy that there are people who realize these things.
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