https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks Made with a curious mind en-us 2022-03-08 19:04:02 UTC 2022-03-09 17:13:45 UTC hello@padlet.com eliols4 https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086463889 2022-03-09 16:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086463889 eliols4 https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086470047 She 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. After his death, Jewish community leaders offered her mother help in paying for Sendler’s education.

]]> 2022-03-09 16:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086470047 eliols4 https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086485407 She wore this outfit in order to sneak into the Warsaw Ghetto and act like a nure so that they would let her in to help the children.]]> 2022-03-09 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086485407 eliols4 https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086496063 She helped people escape the ghetto, and she saved children from concentration camps by getting them out and changing their identities]]> 2022-03-09 16:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086496063 eliols4 https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086507388 She saved 2,500 Jewish Chidlren from the Warsaw Ghetto as long as many more Jews from concentration camps.]]> 2022-03-09 16:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086507388 eliols4 https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086516489 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.]]> 2022-03-09 17:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086516489 eliols4 https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086520573 During the remaining years of the war, she lived hidden, just like the children she rescued. Irena was the only one who knew where the children were to be found. When the war was finally over, she dug up the bottles and began the job of finding the children and trying to find a living parent.]]> 2022-03-09 17:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086520573 eliols4 https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086527526 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqQ0HwkwE_k]]> 2022-03-09 17:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086527526 eliols4 https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086533148 Irena Sendler was announced as the 2003 winner of the Jan Karski award for Valor and Courage. The announcement was made on July 24, 2003 and the awards ceremony was on October 23, 2003 in Washington, D.C.]]> 2022-03-09 17:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/eliols4/Bookmarks/wish/2086533148