“People can be only divided into good or bad; their race, religion, nationality don’t matter.”
Irena Sandler
On February 15, 1910 Irena Sandler Polish humanitarian aid worker who saved 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II was born.
Irena Stanisława Sendler, also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, nom de guerre Jolanta, was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw. (Wikipedia)
In 2007 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Irena Sendler – Associated Links:
- Irena Sendler | Biography
- Irena Sendler | Jewish Virtual Library
- Irena Sendler | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Irena Sendler | The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
- Irena Sendler: Life in a Jar | Lowell Milken Center
- Irena Sendler | Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
- Irena Sendler | The Jewish Woman
- Irena Sendler | POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Irena Sendler | Holocaust Matters
- Irena Sendler | Books on Amazon
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“You see a man drowning, you must try to save him even if you cannot swim.”
Irena Sandler