Irena Sendler, credited with saving 2,500 Polish Jews from the Holocaust, was a candidate for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize but lost out to Al Gore. On 12 May 2008, Irena Sendlerowa (commonly known ...

During World War II, Irena Sendler saved more people than Oskar Schindler, smuggling some 2,500 Jewish children from Warsaw’s ghetto to safety. Each time, she escaped certain death, as the price ...

(San Francisco, CA) May 1, 2011. In honor of National Holocaust Remembrance Day held annually on May 1, PBS stations nationwide will broadcast the national premiere of IRENA SENDLER In the Name of ...

Irena Sendler, 98, a Polish Catholic social worker who helped lead a smuggling operation that rescued thousands of children from Warsaw's Jewish ghetto during World War II, died May 12 at a ...

Irena Sendler said, "There are two kinds of people: good and bad. Nationality, race, and religion do not play any role; what is important is which human you are." A Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Irena ...

When Germany invaded Warsaw in 1939, Irena Sendler was just a 29-year-old Polish social worker. By the end of the war, she had saved untold thousands of Jews. Even a death sentence and ...

She was dubbed the ‘angel of Warsaw’ by one newspaper. With her death this May, Irena Sendler’s legend took flight. A sheaf of obituaries paid tribute to the Polish woman who saved 2,500 ...

Let me give you a historical illustration of what I’m getting at — a hero from World War II: The Polish Catholic social worker and caregiver, Irena Sendler. Born in 1910, Irena grew up with ...

Irena Sendler was one of those courageous heroes. She helped smuggle more than 2,500 children to safety, despite knowing what the consequences could be if the Nazis found out. She was later ...

Irena Sendler, who died yesterday aged 98, is credited with having saved the lives of some 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto during the Second World War. By 1942 the Germans had herded ...