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    Irena Sendler Thesis

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    Irena sendler saved 2, 500 babies from the nazis during world war two .Also for the early years irena sendler was not irena sendler she was Irena krzyzanowska. When she was little girl she lost her father very young from typus.Irena also loved playing with baby dolls ,and new in her heart all along that she was going to have a big impact on children's lives as she grew older.Irena sendler was born on february 15,1910 in warsaw poland her adult life was amazing because that is when she saved many

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    Irena Sendler Analysis

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    Irena Sendler, is said to have saved 2,500 Jewish children (n.p.). The author adds Sendlerowa was Irena’s real name (n.p.). Irena Sendler died May 2008, she was born 1910 and lived a long life (n.p.). The author clarifies Sendler had compassion in her heart, and saw all people equal under the same sky (n.p.). Sendler, was a social worker, and when war began reality, she attacked the opportunity (n.p.). The author proposes the mission Sendler would have to overcome, was remarkably menacing (n.p.)

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    Irena Sendler “Irena was born in 1910 in Otwock, a town 15 miles southeast from Warsaw.” (“Irena”) Irena was a 29 year old Roman Catholic when World War II broke out. Roman Catholics believe in the divinity of God, the trinity, and the Bible. “Roman Catholic beliefs include the special authority of the pope, the ability of saints to intercede on behalf of believers, the concept of Purgatory as a place of afterlife purification before entering Heaven,” (“Roman”) “To gain the happiness of heaven we

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    paper will focus on a hero that was not as well known. Her name is Irena Sendler. Sendler’s constant courage every single day changed the fate of at least 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust. Throughout this paper you will learn a little bit more about Sendler, her background, what she did during the Holocaust, the four girls that first brought attention to Sendler here in the United States, and how she is remembered today. Sendler was born on February 15th, 1910 in Warsaw Poland. She was an only

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    Irena Sendler Holocaust

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    to save countless others? Without these courageous resistance efforts many more lives could have been lost. “I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning you ask if they can swim, you just jump in and help.”(Sendler) One heroine that stuck out to me was Irena Sendler, for her courageousness and selfishness. Countless times she exposed herself to danger, but by doing so she helped freed over 2,500 Jewish children, even after she was

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    Irena Sendler Essay

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    entire war. In the movie, Irena helps Jews living inside the Polish Ghetto by bringing in food, clothing, and vaccines against diseases. Irena feels as if what she is doing is not enough for the Jews and that she could help them more, so she gathers up a group of trustworthy friends and coworkers who will help her smuggle children out of the ghetto. (The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, 0:15:00-0:20:00) Watching the movie, the audience can only imagine how great of a risk Irena and her friends were

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    After the World War II life did resume for Irena Sendler, but not in the same way. When she came out of hiding, after the war, she received some shame from people because she had aided the Jewish people. It wasn’t until about twenty years later that her work began receiving awards for her work. In 1965 she received righteous among the nations award from Yad Veshem in Jerusalem. Part of the reason people had not acknowledged what she had done right away was because the work was very secretive and

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    Irena Sendler: A Hero

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    Irena risked her life many times. She went through beatings, and torchers, to save Jews. She risked getting caught smuggling them food, and out of camps. Irena is a hero from the holocaust because she saved 2,500 Jews. Irena Sendler was born February fifteenth, 1910 and died May twelve, 2003. Her full name is Irena Sendlerowa. She is an only child, but has two children, a daughter and a son. She was a polish nurse, humanitarian, and social worker. Irena said “Hero’s do extraordinary things. What

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    Irena Sendler Over 400,000 Jews were imprisoned in the Warsaw ghettos. Tilar J. Mazzeo’s Irena’s Children inspired further research. Irena Sendler was born February fifteenth, 1910 in Warsaw, Poland. Her father was a small town doctor who helped everyone no matter of their religion. Helping others no matter their religion was extremely rare during that time in Poland because there was a lot of hate towards Jews. He taught her to be kind to everyone no matter what religion they were. Her father was

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    infants during the Holocaust, a period that saw many Jews, adults and children alike are slaughtered in cold blood. Irena’s father was a physician who used to treat patients who were mostly Jews that other doctors had refused to treat. As a result, Irena sympathized with them after seeing what they were going through. Her father died in1917 February from typhus. He suffered the typhus as a direct result of dealing with his patients, his last words were “If one witness or is in the presence of someone

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