Over the course of World War II, forces such as the Gestapo and the SS carried out Hitler’s cornerstones of ideology. One of Hitler’s ideas included the methodical and industrial extermination of peoples not considered “Aryan,” or the “master race.” Groups targeted by the Nazi Party included the Roma, the disabled, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses. However, the group arguably targeted the most harshly, were those of the Jewish faith. An estimated 6 million Jewish people died as a result of “the Final Solution.” Of, these 6 million individuals, 1.5 million were children. Though the loss of so many innocent children weighs down upon human history, the total could have been higher if not for the work of countless people who risked their lives
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When the Warsaw ghetto was sealed off in 1940, she used her authority as a senior administrator of the Welfare Department to help organize food, water, medicine, money, and false documents to be distributed to Jewish families in the ghetto. She even wore the Star of David while inside of the ghetto to show solidarity with the Jews. In 1942, as conditions worsened and liquidation of the ghetto was around the corner, Sendler wanted to do something to help the Jews within the ghetto, so she decided to join Zegota, the Polish underground resistance that fought to help Jews. The organization was funded by the Polish government-in-exile based in London. Sendler was assigned leader of the children’s division and was issued the code name “Jolanta.” By using her social worker papers, as well as papers she obtained from the Contagious Disease Department, Sendler was able to enter the ghetto under the cover of supervising a typhus epidemic. Thus, Sendler’s work …show more content…
She divorced her husband shortly after the war, and eventually married Stefan Zgrzembski, a fellow Zegota member.
Her first priority was, however, digging up the buried bottles. She took it upon herself to try to locate the hidden children and reunite them with their parents. She enlisted the help of her fellow Zegota officers, giving them copies of the lists. Sadly, almost all of the children’s parents had died at the Treblinka death camp, leaving most of them orphans. Nevertheless, Sendler continued to search for other relatives and extended family members of the children. Sendler stayed in contact with some of the rescued children, many of whom settled in
When the Warsaw ghetto was sealed off in 1940, she used her authority as a senior administrator of the Welfare Department to help organize food, water, medicine, money, and false documents to be distributed to Jewish families in the ghetto. She even wore the Star of David while inside of the ghetto to show solidarity with the Jews. In 1942, as conditions worsened and liquidation of the ghetto was around the corner, Sendler wanted to do something to help the Jews within the ghetto, so she decided to join Zegota, the Polish underground resistance that fought to help Jews. The organization was funded by the Polish government-in-exile based in London. Sendler was assigned leader of the children’s division and was issued the code name “Jolanta.” By using her social worker papers, as well as papers she obtained from the Contagious Disease Department, Sendler was able to enter the ghetto under the cover of supervising a typhus epidemic. Thus, Sendler’s work …show more content…
She divorced her husband shortly after the war, and eventually married Stefan Zgrzembski, a fellow Zegota member.
Her first priority was, however, digging up the buried bottles. She took it upon herself to try to locate the hidden children and reunite them with their parents. She enlisted the help of her fellow Zegota officers, giving them copies of the lists. Sadly, almost all of the children’s parents had died at the Treblinka death camp, leaving most of them orphans. Nevertheless, Sendler continued to search for other relatives and extended family members of the children. Sendler stayed in contact with some of the rescued children, many of whom settled in