Irena Sendler
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Before The war
Irena Sendler was born on the 15 of february 1910 in Utbutsk (village next to Varsha), and died in 12 of may 2008 in Varsha.
She grew up in a Catholic family. Her father, Stanislav, was a doctor. Irena Sendler learned at the University of Varsha. She was a social worker, clinical nurse and social activist.
In 1931, Irena married Michislav Sendler. The couple had no children, and in 1947 they divorced. A few years later she married her Jewish friend, who she met at university. They had three children, but one of them passed away. A few years later she remarried her first husband Michislav Sendler, Then they divorced again.
During The War
even though Sendler was not jewish, when she heard about everything that happened at ghetto Varsha, she decided she had to do something. She got permision to go into the ghetto whenever she wanted, to make sure diseases spread outside of the ghetto. Little did the Nazis know, she did much more than that.
Sandler would often sneak medicine into the ghetto, then she convinced parents to let her take their children and help them get a better life. she would then proceed to change the childrens names and find them new homes or places at an orphnage. She wrote everything about the kids and hid the information in jars which she hid next to a tree.
After The War
In 1943, The Nazis discovered everything Sendler did and tried torturing into giving them the childrens names. when she didn’t give in, she was sentenced death, and she would have been killed if the Polish underground hadn’t saved her.
When the war was over, she tried to reunite the kids she saved with their families.
After the war, she worked in the Polish Ministry of Health.
In 1965, Yad Vashem awarded her the title of Righteous Among the Nations and in 1991 she received Israeli citizenship.
She passed away in the 12 of may 2008, in Varsha.
Published: Jan 29, 2020
Latest Revision: Jan 29, 2020
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