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Irena Sendler was born as Irena Krzyżanowska on 15 February 1910 in Warsaw to Dr. Stanisław Krzyżanowski, a physician, and his wife, Janina. Her father died in February 1917 from typhus contracted while treating patients whom his colleagues refused to treat in fear of contracting the disease, among them many Jews. Irena was born in Warsaw in 1910, but she grew up in the town of Otwock, Poland.

Irena’s nameday is October 20, while her birthday is February 15.

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Irena was an only child, but she had a son and a daughter. Her daughter, Janka,still lives in Warsaw, Poland, and her son Adam passed away in 1999 (interestingly enough, the day the Life in a Jar project started on September 23rd). Adam’s daughter, Irena’s granddaughter Agniesa, is the same age as the girls who started the Life in a Jar project.

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Irena Sendlerowa was a Polish woman who, along with her underground network, rescued 2,500 Jewish children in Poland during World War II. Many of this number were already outside of the Ghetto and in hiding.

Irena and the ten who went with her into the ghetto, used many, many methods to smuggle children out. There were five main means of escape.

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Irena Sendler: Risking Her Life to Save Others

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the meathods she used to sneak children out 

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the meathods she used to sneak children out 

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1 using an ambulance a child could be taken out hidden under the stretcher. 2 escape through the courthouse. 3 a child could be taken out using the sewer pipes or other secret underground passages. 4 A trolley could carry out children hiding in a sack, in a trunk, a suitcase or something similar. 5 – if a child could pretend to be sick or was actually very ill, it could be legally removed using the ambulance. Irena did use a dog on occasion, but very few times out of the many rescues. Also, the number of babies saved was small in relation to the total number of children rescued.

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Irena (code name Jolanta) was arrested on October 20, 1943. When arrested she felt almost liberated. She was placed in the notorious Piawiak prison, where she was constantly questioned and tortured. During the questioning she had her legs and feet fractured.

The German who interrogated her was young, very stylish and spoke perfect Polish. He wanted the names of the Zegota leaders, their addresses and the names of others involved. Irena fed him the version that she and her collaborators had prepared in the event they were captured. The German held up a folder with information of places, times and persons who had informed on her. She received a death sentence. She was to be shot. Unbeknown to her, Zegota had bribed the German executioner who helped her escape. On the following day the Germans loudly proclaimed her execution. Posters were put up all over the city with the news that she was shot. Irena read the posters herself.

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holding a most distinguished social worker award 

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holding a most distinguished social worker award 

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the impact was that well she saved a load of children's lives who would have been killed in the holocaust.

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https://www.neh.gov/article/irena-sendler-and-girls-kansas

https://irenasendler.org/facts-about-irena/

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“The names of the saved children I wrote down on thin tissue paper.”