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Learn about Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker, nurse, and resistance fighter who saved thousands of Jewish children from the Holocaust. Read about her life, achievements, awards, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.
Mar 21, 2016 · Irena Sendler was a Polish social worker who during World War II helped to rescue 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto.
Jun 7, 2019 · Irena Sendler was a Polish social worker, nurse, and director of the children’s department for the Council for Aid to Jews, Zegota (an underground resistance group during WWII). She has been recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations, and awarded the Jan Karski for Valor and Courage.
Learn about Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who rescued 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. Explore the Life in a Jar program, book, DVD and memorial page that honor her legacy and inspire hope.
Irena Sendler (1910-2008) was a leading activist in Zegota, the Polish resistance network that helped Jews during WW2. She smuggled hundreds of children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and found them hiding places, risking her life and facing arrest and torture.
When World War II broke out, Irena Sendler was a 29-year-old social worker, employed by the Welfare Department of the Warsaw municipality. After the German occupation, the department continued to take care of the great number of poor and dispossessed people in the city.
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Irena Sendler (Sendlerowa) was working as a social worker in Warsaw when World War II broke out in 1939. After the Nazis forced Warsaw’s Jews to move into the ghetto in the fall of 1940, Irena used her position and prewar network to supply food and offer financial assistance to Jews.
