Posted on 07/19/2013 4:22:03 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
She smuggled out the children in suitcases, ambulances, coffins, sewer pipes, rucksacks and, on one occasion, even a tool box.
Those old enough to ask knew their saviour only by her codename "Jolanta". But she kept hidden a meticulous record of all their real names and new identities - created to protect the Jewish youngsters from the pursuing Nazis - so they might later be re-united with their families.
Her finest hour: Irena Sendler rescued thousands of Jewish children By any measure, Irena Sendler was one of the most remarkable and noble figures to have emerged from the horrors of World War II. But, until recently, her extraordinary compassion and heroism went largely unrecorded.
When the Germans finally caught her, the Roman Catholic social worker had managed to save 2,500 Jewish babies and toddlers from deportation to the concentration camps. She had spirited them out of the heavily-guarded Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, and hidden their identities in two glass jars buried under an apple tree in her neighbour's garden.
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Le Duc Tho refused the Nobel Prize because he knew that he was part of the aggression against South Vietnam whereas Kissinger felt that being a traitor to SVN was deserving of the award.
Wow...what an incredibly brave woman. And they awarded the Nobel to such likes as Al Gore and Odumbass?? What a bunch of frauds and phonies that outfit is! Really? They gave the Nobel to Al Whore over this woman???????????????
Does anyone on this board really think the Nobel prize, the Pulitzer prize etc are worth a monkeys ass?
Actually a monkey’s ass is worth a lot......to the monkey.
A truly wonderful Christian woman. If Islam is such a religion of peace where are the righteous (not self rightous Muslims we always see) saving Christians who are being massacred in Egypt, Syria and throughout the world?
RIP.
It shows what the Nobel “Peace Prize” has become in the last at least twenty five years. A sop to dictators, genocidal maniacs (Yassir Arafat), and snake oil salesmen (Algore, Party Secretary Barry Dunham).
thank you, Irena Sendler, thank you
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Great story. Thanks. I needed a reminder of the good humanity can do.
“Post- communist Poland also finally awarded Irena its highest civilian decoration in 2003. Last year, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.”
Naturally, she didn’t get it, not being a scoundrel, a mass murderer or a poser, but a true moral giant.
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