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May 1, 2011 · Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers: Directed by Mary Skinner. With Irena Sendlerowa, Jan Becker. 95-year-old Polish heroine Irena Sendler tells the unknown story of a conspiracy of women who outwitted the Nazis and rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during WWII.
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- Documentary, Biography, War
- Mary Skinner
- 2011-05-01
Irena Stanisława Sendler (née Krzyżanowska), also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, nom de guerre Jolanta (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008), was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw.
At 95, Irena Sendler reveals how she and a group of young Polish women risked their lives to save thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto. Sendler was captured by the Gestapo, tortured and sentenced to death in 1943 but she refused to divulge anything about her underground operation.
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Often referred to as “the Female Schindler,” Irena Sendler and her network of young female accomplices rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. As a social worker she was allowed into the ghetto to help combat disease, then quickly created an elaborate scheme that successfully saved the lives of over 2,500 children.
Oct 4, 2016 · From IRENA SENDLER In the Name of Their Mothers. All Things Central Europe. 2 subscribers. Subscribed. 12. 2.3K views 7 years ago. From the PBS Documentary available at...
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Mar 21, 2021 · Watch trailer. Genres: Documentary. Duration: 58 minutes. Availability: Worldwide. For five years during WWII a group of young Polish women, some barely teenagers, outfoxed the Nazis to rescue hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto. At 95 Irena Sendler tells their true story.
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- mary skinner
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Over half a century later, 95-year-old Irena Sendler tells the true story, long suppressed in Communist Poland, of this daring conspiracy of women who risked their lives in the name of Warsaw's Jewish mothers.
