Poland honors woman who saved 2,500 Jews -- Irena Sendler

[Behind the Aegis]

Sendler, 97, was tortured by Nazis, but refused to disclose children's names

Updated: 9:06 a.m. CT March 14, 2007
WARSAW, Poland - A 97-year-old woman credited with saving 2,500 Jews during the Holocaust was honored by parliament Wednesday at a ceremony during which Poland's president said she deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

Irena Sendler, who lives in a nursing home in Warsaw, was too frail to attend the special session in which members of the Senate unanimously approved a resolution honoring her and the Polish underground Council for Assisting Jews.

The group's members, mostly Roman Catholics, risked their own lives to save Jews from the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Sendler was cited for organizing the "rescue of the most defenseless victims of the Nazi ideology — the Jewish children."

President Lech Kacyzinski said in an address to senators that Sendler is a "great hero who can be justly named for the Nobel Peace Prize."

more...


Life in a Jar -- The Irena Sendler Project

Irena Sendler -- An Unsung Heroine (has some pop-ups)

[Behind the Aegis]

1. Also see the other threads...

sabra's thread in LBN

Sapphire Blue's thread in GD

[leftynyc]

2. These stories remind me there is much good

in the world. Risking you life to save others - nothing is more commendable than that. The woman (and those like her)is a hero.