Polish righteous gentile nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

[Behind the Aegis]

WARSAW (EJP)--- A 96-year old Polish woman who saved more than 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust, has been announced as an official candidate to the Nobel Peace Prize.

Irena Sendler was born in 1910 in the Warsaw suburb of Otwock. Just after the outbreak of WWII she began helping the Jews from the Warsaw ghetto. In 1942 a she became a head of the Children Department of the Council to Aid the Jews established by the Polish Underground Authorities.

As an employee of the Warsaw City Council Social Welfare Department, she had a special pass to the ghetto. On numerous occasions Sendler entered the closed Jewish district with the Star of David on her arm, leaving with Jewish children.

She took these youngsters and, with the fake documents, placed them in Polish families, orphanages or Catholic convents. She made sure she hid all the original certificates of birth certificates and other documents in jars, so after the war all the children could be returned to their Jewish families.

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[Hekate]

1. What a lovely face she has...her good life shines forth, doesn't it?

Thanks for posting this, Aegis. Sometimes the world seems very dark, and it is good to be reminded that such people as Irena Sendler walk among us.

Hekate

[aquart]

3. It really is.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. You're welcome.

It is nice to see stories that are true testaments to the strength of good people!

[bananas]

2. k&r nt

[JNelson6563]

4. Great story

Ordinary people who rise to the occassion during extraordinary times are the true heroes among us.

Thanks for posting this bright spot! :toast:

Julie