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IN MEMORY OF IRENA SENDLEROWA

IN MEMORY OF IRENA SENDLEROWA. Sendler smuggled some 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and with housing outside the Ghetto , saving those children during the Holocaust .

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IN MEMORY OF IRENA SENDLEROWA

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  1. IN MEMORY OF IRENA SENDLEROWA Sendlersmuggledsome 2,500 Jewish childrenoutoftheWarsawGhettoandthenprovidedthemwithfalseidentitydocumentsandwithhousingoutsidetheGhetto, savingthosechildrenduringtheHolocaust.

  2. Asearlyas 1939, whentheGermansinvadedPoland, shebeganaidingJews. Sheandherhelperscreatedmorethan 3,000 falsedocumentstohelp Jewish families. InAugust 1943, SendlerwasnominatedbytheundergroundPolishCounciltoAidJewsŻegota, toheadits Jewish children'ssection.

  3. Sheandherco-workersorganizedthesmugglingof Jewish childrenoutoftheGhetto. They visitedtheGhettoandsmuggledoutbabiesandsmallchildreninambulancesandtrams.

  4. ChildrenwereplacedwithPolishfamilies, somechildrenweresmuggledtopriestsinparishrectories

  5. IrenaSendlerpassedawayonMondayMay 12th, 2008 inWarsaw, Poland. The life ofIrenaSendlerwasoneofgreattestimony, oneofcourageandlove, oneofrespectforallpeople, regardlessofrace, religionandcreed. Sheisgone, butwillneverbeforgotten.

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