Irena Sendler
Died: May 12, 2008 (aged 98)
Warsaw , Poland
Died: May 12, 2008 (aged 98)
Warsaw , Poland
During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an ulterior motive.
Irena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried in the bed of her truck.
She also carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck, for larger children.
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 which covered the childrens and infants noises.
During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children and infants .
Ultimately, she was caught, however, and the Nazis 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 of the parents had been gassed.The children she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.
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Irena Sendler, a Catholic hero - YouTube 2:09 min.
