A Polish woman who helped save the lives of 2,500 Jewish children during World War II is due to be honoured by Poland’s parliament. Irena Sendlerowa, a former social worker who is now 97, organised the rescue from the Warsaw ghetto with the help of the Polish underground army.Ms Sendlerowa was arrested and tortured by the German Gestapo YM”S.
She refused to divulge her activities and narrowly escaped execution when her guard was bribed to release her.
As a young social worker, she was allowed to enter Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto, and when the Nazis YM”S began the deportations of the ghetto’s Jews to the death camps, she organised a team to rescue the children.
Some were smuggled out in workmen’s toolbags. Others left by the sewers or secret passageways.
(BBC)
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I am glad to see this goya being recognized for her mesiras nefesh. She must be considered one of the tzidkonios shel umos haolam.
I realize the article is from the BBC, but here in the US of A, we spell it “honored”. Perhaps you should change the title… 😉
Think Staright: I was going to say the same thing.
She deserves to get honored she is such a tzedekes.
What took those Polaks so long? They just figured it out?
In America everyone wants “kavod” for himself, so they took the “U” out of the word…
It is about time that she gets honored. Just imagine without this person they would be more children that would be killed.