Irena Sendler- (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008). Died at the age of 98, she was female, born to Catholic family.
Moreover her family were rich.
In addition, she was a nurse and a Polish social worker and an underground member who opposed the Nazis during World War II.
At the beginning of the war she joined the Jewish aid operations, distributing food, caring for orphans and financial aid to the people, which the Nazis confiscated.
She risked her life in rescue operations with the help of people who enlisted for help, forging documents that bestow Jews Christian names and obtaining sick certificates designed to deter the Nazis from spreading infectious diseases. Along with her assistant, Irena Schultz, she entered the ghetto on the grounds of treating patients and thus smuggled money, food, medicine and clothing.




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