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Irena Sendler proved to be a hero during the Holocaust by saving over 2,500 children through a smuggling operation she helped run with others. Irena Sendler was born on February 15th, 1910, in Warsaw. Her parents were Dr. Stanislaw and Janina Krzyzanowski. At the start of WWII Irena Sendler was twenty-nine years old and working for the Welfare Department of the Warsaw municipality as a social worker (Women of Valor).
At the beginning of the German invasion Irena used her position as a social worker to help the Jewish people by offering them housing and food (Life in a Jar). Once the German’s gathered the Jewish families into a blockaded area called the Ghetto, Irena had to figure out a new way to get help to the Jewish families. She was once again able to use her position as a social worker, because of her position she was able to get the necessary paperwork to allow her to enter the ghetto to offer medical assistance. She was concerned with what was happening inside the walls. Once inside she was able to make contact with members of the Jewish welfare organization. Her assistance began with creating false documents which helped Jewish families (Women of Valor).
From this she moved on to work with the Children’s Division of Zegota, where she quickly took charge in the
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operation. According to “Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project” there were a few main ways of getting children out. One was to hide them in ambulances. Two, they could be taken out of a courthouse that had one door in the ghetto and one door outside of the ghetto, and three by taking them through underground passage ways or sewer pipes. Once they were outside the walls, Irena’s mother would take care of the children before they could be placed with permanent homes. This was a very dangerous undertaking, one that would eventually lead Irena to being arrested. The Germans desperately wanted to know who was involved in the Zegota, but Irena refused to tell them anything. While she was under arrest she was interrogated and tortured so severely that she ended up losing the ability to use her legs, but even then they could not break her spirit (auschwitz.dk). Irena was sentenced to death but members of the Zegota were able to arrange for her freedom by bribing certain members of the German military. Ironically, Irena was able to read the propaganda posters that proclaimed her successful execution. Irena had to wait out the remainder of the war in hiding, but once the war was over she began the task of reuniting the rescued children with any living family members. Shortly after the war ended, Irena married a man named Stefan Zgrzembski.
Irena had three children with Stefan; one daughter, Janka, and two sons, Adam and Andrzej. During 1965, Yad Vashem, Isreal’s Holocaust memorial organization, gave Irena Sendler the title as Righteous among Nations in honor of the Jewish children she saved during the Holocaust. She was also awarded Poland’s Order of the White Eagle (Biography). Irena’s humbleness is represented by her quote, “Every child saved with my help is the justification of my existence on this Earth, and not a title to glory” (Goodreads). Irena Sendler shared a similarity with Oskar Schindler in that she died believing she could have done
more. Irena Sendler showed great signs of bravery by risking her life to save the lives of Jewish children She braved being arrested, tortured, paralyzed, and risked execution all for what she believed to be the right thing to do. Even after going through all of this and with all the lives she saved, she is quoted as saying, "I could have done more, this regret will follow me to my death” (auschwitz). Works Cited A&E Television Networks. biography. 21 March 2016. biography. 28 February 2018. Auschwitz. auschwitz. n.d. Biography. 27 February 2018. goodreads. goodreads. 2018. Web. 27 February 2018. Life in a Jar: Irena Sendler Project. irenasendler. n.d. Biography. 26 February 2018. yadvashem. 2018. Biography. 28th February 2018.
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Ofer, Dalia, and Lenore J. Weitzman. Women in the Holocaust. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. 1. Print.
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