Thesis
Irena sendler took a stand against the Nazi Regime, risking all in order to help young Jews. Her courageous actions helped save 2,500 children from the warsaw ghetto smuggling them from their certain death at the hands of the Nazis. By taking a stand, Irena impacted the world in many ways. She not only saved the lives of many jewish civilians but she saved the generations of their families.
Background
After coming to power in 1934, Adolf Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with Poland. The pact was put in place in order to minimize the possibility of a military alliance against Germany between France and Poland before Germany had a chance to rearm. This move was not popular with many Germans who disliked the fact that Poland had gained formerly German Provinces of West Prussia, Poznan, and Upper Silesia following World War I. Five years later, on August 23, 1939. Germany signed a similar nonaggression pact with The Soviet Union. The pact called for Poland to be divided between the two powers, enabling Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention.
On September 1, 1939, Germany betrayed …show more content…
the Council was called Zegota and Irena became one of its main activists. The council played an important role in the rescue of those who survived the massive deportations. The organization took care of thousands of Jews who were trying to survive in hiding, seeking hiding places, and paying for the upkeep and medical expenses
By September 1943, the Warsaw ghetto was completely destroyed, Sendler was appointed director of Zegota’s Department for the Care of Jewish Children. Sendler, contacted several orphanages and institutes for abandoned children, to send Jewish children there. Many of the children were sent to the Rodzina Marii Orphanage in Warsaw, and to religious institutions run by nuns in nearby Chotomów, and in Turkowice, near
Irena sendler took a stand against the Nazi Regime, risking all in order to help young Jews. Her courageous actions helped save 2,500 children from the warsaw ghetto smuggling them from their certain death at the hands of the Nazis. By taking a stand, Irena impacted the world in many ways. She not only saved the lives of many jewish civilians but she saved the generations of their families.
Background
After coming to power in 1934, Adolf Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with Poland. The pact was put in place in order to minimize the possibility of a military alliance against Germany between France and Poland before Germany had a chance to rearm. This move was not popular with many Germans who disliked the fact that Poland had gained formerly German Provinces of West Prussia, Poznan, and Upper Silesia following World War I. Five years later, on August 23, 1939. Germany signed a similar nonaggression pact with The Soviet Union. The pact called for Poland to be divided between the two powers, enabling Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention.
On September 1, 1939, Germany betrayed …show more content…
the Council was called Zegota and Irena became one of its main activists. The council played an important role in the rescue of those who survived the massive deportations. The organization took care of thousands of Jews who were trying to survive in hiding, seeking hiding places, and paying for the upkeep and medical expenses
By September 1943, the Warsaw ghetto was completely destroyed, Sendler was appointed director of Zegota’s Department for the Care of Jewish Children. Sendler, contacted several orphanages and institutes for abandoned children, to send Jewish children there. Many of the children were sent to the Rodzina Marii Orphanage in Warsaw, and to religious institutions run by nuns in nearby Chotomów, and in Turkowice, near