I am the only person still alive of that rescuing group but… - Irena Sendler

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I am the only person still alive of that rescuing group but I want everyone to know that, while I was coordinating our efforts, we were about twenty to twenty five people. I did not do it alone.

Irena Sendler

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About Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler (also called as Irena Sendlerowa in Polish) (15 February 1910 - 12 May 2008) was a social worker who during World War II was an activist in the Polish Underground and Polish anti-Holocaust resistance in Warsaw. She helped save about 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto by providing them with false documents and finding hiding places in individual and group children houses out of the Ghetto in Warsaw.

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Alternative Names: Jolanta • Irena Zgrzembski • Irena Sendlerowa • Irena Stanisława Krzyżanowska • Irena Stanisława Sendler • Irena Krzyżanowska

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