par. 2) while working undercover as a health worker (Irena Sendler, par. 2). Irena Sendler was an admirable woman who was able to discover children in the Warsaw Ghetto, sneak them out and get them to safety. Getting into the Warsaw Ghetto regularly was simple for Ms. Sendler. Her father was a doctor outside of Warsaw (Moral Heroes RSS, par. 2). However, he died from typhus while treating Jews that others wouldn’t help (par. 2). Afterwards, Irena and her mother went back to Warsaw, and were gratefully
would you do if you knew you were going to die. What would you do if you knew you were going to die, and nobody would save you. Irena Sendler helped thousands of people not have these questions. Sendler is a hero who showed bravery and selflessness when she saved over 2,500 Jewish children from Nazi concentration camps. Sendler was born in 1910 in a Polish town of Otwock. Sendler was a lonely child growing up, and her dad inspired her to help others. When her father died while helping diseased Jews,
Ramyl Lopez Student # 10 Heroes Irina Sendler February 15, 1910 is the date Irena Sendler was born. This woman born in Poland is remembered as one of the biggest real life hero. She was raised in a town of Poland named Otwock. In 1931 Irena married a men called Mieczyslaw Sendler, and they moved together to the city of Warsaw. A few years later when the Nazis invaded Poland, at the age of 29, she found a way to acquire a pass that allow her to access the Warsaw Ghetto. Warsaw Ghetto was one of the
Irena Sendler •Although she may not be one of the most famous Holocaust survivors, she was one of the most important. She led about 2,500 children to safety from the horrible Ghetto's conditions. She was never forced to do any of the things she did, yet she still risked her life and almost lost it doing something so important to her. Next Slide •She was born on Feb. 15, 1910 in Warsaw, Poland. She died on May 12, 2008 in Warsaw, Poland due to pneumonia •Her father was a physician and died
record, caring for the victims, hiding for their lives, and trying to survive. In disguise, Irena Sendler was a hero to many by recognizing indifference, helping children escape and helping people after their suffering. Behind the blanket of hope, Irena Sendler’s life before the Holocaust influenced her actions. Growing up in a humble home, her family encouraged her to treat people with respect. Irena Sendler was born on February 15, 1910 to a father as a physician and her mother as his wife in Warsaw
antisemitism had on Jews, Irena Sendler, a social worker, became a part of one of these groups. By the end of World War II, Irena had aided in the freeing of over 2,500 children. In order to fully understand Irena Sendler’s courageous acts, one must first understand the events that inspired her, how she aided others, and the impact of her actions on society today. There were many things that influenced and inspired Irena Sendler’s courageous actions. When she was young, Irena grew up in Otwock, Poland
Irena Sendler proved to be a hero during the Holocaust by saving over 2,500 children through a smuggling operation she helped run with others. Irena Sendler was born on February 15th, 1910, in Warsaw. Her parents were Dr. Stanislaw and Janina Krzyzanowski. At the start of WWII Irena Sendler was twenty-nine years old and working for the Welfare Department of the Warsaw municipality as a social worker (Women of Valor). At the beginning of the German invasion Irena used her position as a social worker
Irena Sendler was born February 10, 1910. She was a nurse in her young life. Irena was first married to Mieczyslaw Sendler. She later remarried to Stefan Zgrzembski. She had three children. Their names are Janina, Adam, and Andrzej Zgrzembski. Irena was also a Polish social worker when the Nazis invaded. Her maiden name was Irena Krzyzanowska. Irena named her daughter, Janina Zgrzembski, after her mother. Her mother Janina Krzyzanowska was married to her father, Stanislaw Krzyzanowska. Her father
heroism is Irena Sendler. She disguised herself as a nurse and saved about 2000 Jewish children. Another person who impacted majorly in helping save Jews was, Raoul Wallenberg he rescued about 100, 000 Hungarian Jews. Miep and Mr. Kraler helped hide the Franks and their friends form the Nazi soldiers for 2 years. A foundation called Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project honors Irena Sendler for what she did during the Holocaust. They go around the world to teach everyone about Irena by doing
There were many people that helped stopped the Holocaust come to a slow end. One of those people being Irena Sendler. Irena Sendler was a person who saved at least 2500 people and wasn’t known for it until many many years after the Holocaust. She put her life in risk in order to save others and this makes her a hero because it shows her courage, hope, and inspiration. Irena Sendler was a Polish nurse who saved the lives of many in the Holocaust. She was born on February 15 in the year of 1910. Her
“Heroes do extraordinary things, what I did is not an extraordinary thing. It was normal” was said by Irena Sendler. After everything she did for the people in need, she saved around 2,500 children from the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. The ghetto was when the Nazis invaded Poland and put a lot of Jews in this area and sealed them off from everyone else. If it weren’t for Irena Sendler, then many children would have suffered by the Nazis and even died in the ghetto. If she wouldn't have been able to
Heroes from the Holocaust A hero is a person who risks their lives to do something to save or help a person, multiple people, or animals from any type of harm. Jerzy Bielecki, Irena Sendler, and Albert Goering were all Holocaust heroes. They saved Jews lives in multiple ways. They risked their lives helping these people, but if they were caught, they would suffer the exact same fate as the jews they were helping. They were not forced to help these people, it was a choice, they would rather help these
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it." Courage is the ability to do something that frightens one. Courage is strength in the face of pain or grief. Throughout the course of World War 2, there were many people who acted in a courageous manner, as portrayed by Markus Zusak in his novel 'The Book Thief'. Weather it was putting their entire life on the line just to save some strangers from possible torture, hiding illegal people in their own houses with the possibility
Swedish. He saved a lot but still he ended up being captured for helping the Jews and killed in jail! Now not all people who saved people were men, there were some really important woman that helped save people. One woman that is really amazing is Irena Sendler, she was a social worker and had permission to go into the camps to test for any diseases that were spreading. She used this time to smuggle children out in boxes, or as her excuse items she took to test if there were any sickness on it. She did
“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” -Elie Wiesel. Reading those 10 words could make a person’s spine tingle. This quote is about the Holocaust where millions of innocent Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler. It was not an avoidable situation, and definitely couldn’t have been prevented even if a series of actions occurred. Hitler has been planning this genocide more than a decade before he became Chancellor. After WW1 and the Treaty of Versailles was created, it made Germany desperate
by hiding them, giving them food and taking care of them. Although it was a difficult and dangerous task, many people were willing to help them, and they thought what they did was right. Out of the many impressive rescuers, I personally admire Irena Sendler. She was a woman full of compassion and love. She was a Senior Administrator in the Warsaw Social Welfare Department and she provided clothing, medicine and money for the Jews confidentially. For me, the most incredible job she did was the way
When I got home from the first day of class, I told my husband that one of my assignments was to go to a museum. I told him my choices are; The Museum of Natural Science, The Holocaust Museum, or an art museum. My husband is infatuated with the time in history where World War II, so he chose The Holocaust Museum and since he was doing the driving, we went to learn about the Holocaust. We made a date and last Sunday we went to see a very sobering time in history. What I learned about the Jewish
Passive Optimism In 1939, WWII began when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party invaded Poland, causing six million Jewish people to fear for their lives. This fear first began when the Nazis made the Jewish people sign a census and carry Identification Cards. They also made them keep a Star of David on their clothes so that they could be easily identifiable. And by forcing them to live in horrendous ghettos, they could keep them controlled until they were sent of to the extermination camps run by the
Part 1 (a) Identify one of the Righteous Gentiles from the list on the Yad Vashem website and describe there background and who they saved during the holocaust Oskar Schindler, Born in April 28, 1908, was one of the main righteous gentiles during the holocaust, this is greatly for his role in saving over 1,200 Jewish people from almost certain death of the extermination camps. With large wealth from his enamel business and deep connections will SS officials, Schindler Gained a reputation as a committed
The polish activist, Irena Sendler. once observed, ¨People can be only divided into good and bad; their race, religion, nationality don´t matter¨ (Sendler). Is it really possible to draw a demarcation line between people and divide them into good or bad? This kind of either-or thinking begs the question whether there might be other categories of individuals that overlap each other in term of personality and defy such simplistic definition as good or bad. The novel All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony