Oona =^..^= (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kiss_of_rage) wrote,@ 2008-08-13 18:27:00 |
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Irena Sendler: 'the female Oskar Schindler'
In my mail, I received the story of a woman named Irena Sendler. It was so remarkable that, as I usually do, I checked the veracity of the article. I found that it was true.
Irena Sendlerowa made many trips into and out of the Warsaw Ghetto during the bleak days of the German occupation of Poland during WWII. She was responsible for smuggling out and saving the lives of 2,500 Jews, most of whom were children.
The Nazis eventually discovered her mission and tortured her. This did not deter Irena, however. And even after the war, Irena tried valiantly to reunite the children with their parents.
For further reading about this heroic woman, please visit the following links:
http://www.irenasendler.org/
http://www.auschwitz.dk/Sendler.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendl
http://www.hmd.org.uk/
http://fcit.usf.edu/HOLOCAUST/gallery/p1
http://www.scrapbookpages.com/Poland/War
