Irena Sendler

Irena Stanisława Sendler (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008) was a nurse and social worker in Warsaw, Poland. During World War II, when Poland was occupied by Nazis, she took about 2,500 Jewish children out of Poland with help from other members of the Żegota (pl) (The Polish Council to Aid Jews). She was caught, and the Nazis tortured her.

Irena Stanisława Sendler
Irena Sendler in 1942
Born	15 February 1910
Died	May 12, 2008(2008-05-12) (aged 98)
Occupation	Nurse, Social worker

Righteous Among the Nations
The Holocaust Rescuers of Jews Righteousness Seven Laws of Noah Yad Vashem
By country
Austrian Croatian German Hungarian Lithuanian Norwegian Polish (list) Romanian Ukrainian

The Nazis were planning on killing her, but she avoided death.

Irena Sendler Media

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  Childhood home of Irena Sendler in Piotrków Trybunalski

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  Announcement of death penalty for Jews found outside the ghetto and for Poles helping Jews in any way, 1941

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  Jewish children in the Warsaw Ghetto

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  Irena Sendler in December 1944

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  Sendler with some people she saved as children, Warsaw, 2005

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  Irena Sendler (1910-2008)

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  Irena Sendler's tree on the Avenue of the Righteous at Yad Vashem in Israel

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  Irena Sendler's funeral, May 2008

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  Irena Sendler's grave in Warsaw's Powązki Cemetery

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  The headstone on Irena Sendler's grave

Other websites

• Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers Archived 16 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine (PBS documentary, first aired May 2011)
• Irena Sendler – Righteous Among the Nations – Yad Vashem
• Irena Sendlerowa on History's Heroes – Illustrated story and timeline.
• Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project
• Snopes discussion of an email regarding the Nobel Prize