Irena Sendler

 

     I'd like to focus on Irena Sandler and her merit for humanity. Irena Sendler was born in 1910 in Warsaw. She was a nurse and a social worker during the World War Second. She loved helping others. Her father was a doctor and he had treat everyone who was in need, regardless of religion, race or the social status. He was extremaly dedicated to the social work. I think that he was for her an authority and she wanted to be as good as he was. I really appreciate her, exactly her kindness. Before the creation of the Warsaw's ghetto, she had joined a party 'Zegota' which was oriented to help the Jews. As a social worker she was given an entry to the ghetto and she brought there food everyday. She wore a Star of David as a sign of solidarity with the Jews and that helped her not to be recognised (it was a very dangerous act, she could be arrested and sentenced to death). But the most important thing she did was the salvage of about 2500 Jewish children. She was looking for foster homes for them. Few years ago, Norman Conard, an American teacher, wrote a play "Life in a Jar" and described the project of saving other's lives by Irena Sendler. Irena noted the real names of Jewish children and names of their families in short strips of paper, then she put them in the jar. She knew that after years it might help the Jews find their birth parents. Irena was given many Orders and Awards, f.ex. Order of the White Eagle or Order of the Smile. She died in 2008 in Warsaw at the age of 98. She should be an authority for others, the good example for help. The movie "The courageous heart of Irena Sendler" from 2009 is based on her history. The heroine played Anna Paquin.