During the WWII there were people who saved many Jews. One of them is a Polish Catholic social worker name Irena Sendler, who saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis.
She saved them by smuggling them out of Warsaw Ghetto and hid them among Christian families. She smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried. She carries a burlap sack in the back of her truck for larger kids.
Irena has a trained dog who barks when the Nazis soldiers let her in and out of the Ghetto. The barking of the dog covered the noises of infants/kids when Irena is saving them. When she was caught, the Nazis soldiers broke her legs and arms and beat her severely.
Irena kept a record of all the names of children she had smuggled out. She kept them in a glass jar that is buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, Irena tried to find the parents of the children she has saved. Most of them has been gassed. The kids she helped were placed into foster family homes or adopted.
In 2007 she was up for the Nobel Peace Prize....... sadly she lost.
Al Gore won, for a slideshow on Global Warming.
On May 12, 2008, Irena died at age 98.
Irena has a trained dog who barks when the Nazis soldiers let her in and out of the Ghetto. The barking of the dog covered the noises of infants/kids when Irena is saving them. When she was caught, the Nazis soldiers broke her legs and arms and beat her severely.
Irena kept a record of all the names of children she had smuggled out. She kept them in a glass jar that is buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, Irena tried to find the parents of the children she has saved. Most of them has been gassed. The kids she helped were placed into foster family homes or adopted.
In 2007 she was up for the Nobel Peace Prize....... sadly she lost.
Al Gore won, for a slideshow on Global Warming.
On May 12, 2008, Irena died at age 98.