Irena Sendler

This brave hero named Irena Sendler there are boundless examples of courage during world war 2. irena sendler's story stands out from the rest. When the Nazis invaded her native Poland and rounded up all the Jews into a walled in ghetto Sendler knew what was going to happen. She was a social worker and got credentials as a nurse so she could sneak food and medicine into the ghetto. What she snuck out was even more phenomenal It’s estimated that Sendler and her group helped get approximately…

Many of those people did that through standing up for what they believe in. Majority of those people were ridiculed and persecuted for what they did. Few of those individuals were recognized for the difference they made. Dorothea Dix, Gandhi, and Irena Sendler were in that small percent of people who made a huge difference but got recognized for it. Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden, Maine on April 4, 1802. She ran the household and raised her brothers from a young age. Her father taught her to…

Irena Sendler was a Polish nurse, humanitarian, and social worker who served in the Polish Underground during World War II in Warsaw. The German had already taken over Warsaw at the time. Irena was the head of the children's section of Zegota, the Polish Council to Aid Jews which was active from 1942 to 1945. Assisted by some two dozen other Zegota members, Sendler smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and…

murdered. Irena Sendler was a part of the numerous resistance efforts against the Nazis. Generally, resistance efforts consisted of hiding people in homes, putting up anti-Nazi propaganda, and so on. Irena Sendler stands out among the rest because of her willingness to help others, her endeavor to smuggle children into freedom, and her message that inspires others to do good in the modern day. Irena Sendler, born on February 15, 1910 in Warsaw, was a social worker at Źegota. Sendler very…

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…

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.…

beliefs during that era. Although facing hardships along the way, many humanitarians strove for everyone’s well being, no matter their race, age, or gender. Three of the most remarkable humanitarians during past and present times include Mother, Irena Sendler, and Dorothea Lynde Dix. Mother Teresa, to begin with, was a significant woman for past and present times. In her early life, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, otherwise known as Mother Teresa, was born on AUgust 26, 1910 in Skopje Macedonia.…

For some people the Holocaust is nothing more than a glimpse of the past, others recall the Holocaust like it was just yesterday.But behind the history there were over 6 million Jews that died due to the Holocaust each with a name, each with a life, each apart of this world, each one unique and special, each shown not even a speck of kindness , each treated with such hatred and cruelty all because of a choice of faith, Judaism. The Holocaust was a time of destruction and devastation among the…

survive from the Nazi.These heroes relayed information,rescued, and flew Jews into safety but they were not only in their operation, they had support from other good people at heart to attempt and save Jews from dying. Gino Bartali, Varian Fry, and Irena Sendler are all examples of Holocaust heroes that saved Jews for one reason, to save Jews from potential death and experiencing horrible brutality from the Nazi. One of the many Holocaust heroes is the cyclist Gino Bartali. According to BBC…

Irena stood in line, projecting the air of disdain and self-importance she assumed each day, before the German guards arrived allowing them entry into Warsaw's ghetto. Carrying a large basket, filled with medical supplies (and other hidden items) she had come to administer to the sick people imprisoned inside. Some mornings found her pushing a pram or hand cart, and possibly an ambulance, depending on what wretched diseases were ravaging the population forced to live in squalor behind the…