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Later on, after Irena passed away there was a movie made about her called The courageous heart of Irena Sendler. It was made in 2009 and was directed by John Kent Harrison. The movie was all about Irena during the holocaust. In the movie Irena saved over 2,000 jews.

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Irena would have remained an unsung hero were it not for three teenage American girls who discovered her forgotten story 60 years later. Liz, Megan, and Sabrina, who began as students of history for a National History Day competition, became recorders of history, finding out about Sendler’s work in Poland, the U.S., and around the world. Three teenagers from rural Kansas helped tell the secrets about the Holocaust in Poland.

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In 1940 the Jewish people of Poland were forced to move to a ghetto. Because of Irena's job as a social worker she was able to enter the ghetto to help with food, clothing, medicine, and other needs. She joined a group called Zegota which was a council formed to help Jewish people. Joining this group was very risky. She began to rescue orphans from the ghetto by smuggling them out in caskets or potato sacks. Others left in ambulances or through underground tunnels. She also convinced parents to let her take their children to safety to give them a chance to survive. She recorded all of the names of the children she rescued and placed the list in glass milk jugs and buried them in the garden of another Zegota member. Her hope was to reunited these children with their parents after the war was over.

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Winner of the Most Distinguished Social Worker award

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Winner of the Most Distinguished Social Worker award

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When the International Federation of Social Workers recognized Irena Sendler with its Most Distinguished Social Worker Award her story finally started to be told. She is responsible for saving 2,500 children from Warsaw's Jewish ghetto. This award was given to Irena because of how she put herself in danger to save others.

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On October 20, 1943 Sendler was placed in Pawiak Prison because she wouldn't give up the names of her fellow Zegota members. She was released from prison on February 19, 1944 after members of Zegota bribed the prison guards into releasing her.

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“You see a man drowning, you must try to save him even if you cannot swim.”

https://irenasendler.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler

https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/in-memoriam/irena-sendler-1910-2008

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Sixty-four years after Polish social worker Irena Sendler repeatedly risked her life to rescue thousands of Jewish children and adults from extermination by the Nazis, she was finally nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Irena was also received the Order of the White eagle award, Polands highest honour in 2003

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Irena Sendler is buried at Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland.

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Irena Sendler died on May 12, 2008 in Warsaw, Poland after a long illness.

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‎The Sun Also Rises: The Intrepid Heart of Irena Sendler on Apple Podcasts

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‎Show The Sun Also Rises, Ep The Intrepid Heart of Irena Sendler - 31 Jan 2019