Se Emne
 Irena Sendler - An Angel Sent
|
|
| Dare2think |
Posted on 19-12-2016 14:53
|
 Superadministrator  Indlæg: 335 Tilmeldt: 24.01.14 |
 Irena Sendler, also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, nom de guerre "Jolanta" (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008), was a Polish nurse, humanitarian and social worker who served in the Polish Underground in German-occupied Warsaw during World War II, and was head of the children's section of Zegota, the Polish Council to Aid Jews (Polish: Rada Pomocy Zydom), which was active from 1942 to 1945. Assisted by some two dozen other Zegota members, Sendler smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and shelter outside the Ghetto, saving those children from the Holocaust. With the exception of diplomats who issued visas to help Jews flee Nazi-occupied Europe, Sendler saved more Jews than any other individual during the Holocaust. The German occupiers eventually discovered her activities and she was arrested by the Gestapo, tortured, and sentenced to death, but she managed to evade execution and survive the war. In 1965, Sendler was recognised by the State of Israel as Righteous among the Nations. Late in life she was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest honor, for her wartime humanitarian efforts.  Irena Sendler was born as Irena Krzyzanowska on 15 February 1910 in Warsaw to Dr. Stanislaw Krzyzanowski, a physician, and his wife, Janina. She grew up in Otwock, a town about 15 miles southeast of Warsaw, where there was a vibrant Jewish community. Her father died in February 1917 from typhus contracted while treating patients. After his death, Jewish community leaders offered to help her mother pay for Sendler's education, though her mother declined their assistance. Sendler studied Polish literature at Warsaw University, and joined the Polish Socialist Party. She opposed the ghetto-bench system that existed at some pre-war Polish universities and defaced her grade card. As a result of this public protest, she was suspended from the University of Warsaw for three years. Source: Wikipedia  Irena and the ten who went with her into the ghetto, used many, many methods to smuggle children out. There were five main means of escape: 1 – using an ambulance a child could be taken out hidden under the stretcher. 2 – escape through the courthouse. 3 – a child could be taken out using the sewer pipes or other secret underground passages. 4 – A trolley could carry out children hiding in a sack, in a trunk, a suitcase or something similar. 5 – if a child could pretend to be sick or was actually very ill, it could be legally removed using the ambulance. ****Irena did use a dog on occasion, but very few times out of the many rescues. Also, the number of babies saved was small in relation to the total number of children rescued. Source: IrenaSendler.org Read more about this Angel here ---> LINK Also See this Tv Movie about her: IMDB Info . Signature
Happy Thoughts from Dare2thinK |
| Share This Post: | 
|
|
|
|
| Share This Thread | |
| Social Sharing: |
|
| Facebook Like: |
|
| Hop til Forum: |