Irena Sendler was captured by German occupiers and arrested by the Gestapo in Octboer, 1943. While imprisoned for 3 months Sendler was tortured and recalled “I still carry the marks on my body of what those "German supermen" did to me then”. When she refused to share any information about her organisation and co-workers she was sentenced to death. On the day Sendler was supposed to be executed a German guard was bribed by the Polish Underground and she survived the war. She continued to help save the Jews working under a false identity. Through the duration of the war Irena was able to save 2500 children which had an amazing impact on both the Jewish community and herself.
