Lady Named Irena

Have you heard about Irena Sendlerowa? She recently died at the age of 98 years.

"During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an ulterior motive... She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German). Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of her tool box she carried, and she carried in the back of her truck a Burlap sack, (for larger kids). She also had a dog in the back, that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in, and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids/infants noises. During her time and course of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, and arms, and beat her severely. She kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out, and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents who may have survived it, and reunited the family.

Most of course had been gassed. The childen she helped were placed in foster family homes, or adopted. Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize....She LOST.

Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming."

Read about "Life In A Jar" at http://www.irenasendler.org/ .