What is Irena Sendler?
{{Infobox person | name = Irena Stanisława Sendler | image = Irena Sendlerowa 1942.jpg | caption = Irena Sendler in 1942 | birth_date = 15 February 1910 | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|05|12|1910|02|15}} | occupation = [[Nurse]], [[Social worker]] }} {{Righteous Among the Nations}} '''Irena Stanisława Sendler''' (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008) was a [[nurse]] and [[social worker]] in [[Warsaw]], Poland. During [[World War II]], when Poland was occupied by [[Nazi]]s, she took about 2,500 Jewish children out of Poland with help from other members of the [[Żegota]] ([[:pl:Rada Pomocy Żydom|pl]]) (The Polish Council to Aid Jews).<ref>[http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/righteous-women/sendler.asp Irena Sendler] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115185414/http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/righteous-women/sendler.asp |date=2018-01-15 }} at [[Yad Vashem]] website</ref> She was caught, and the Nazis [[torture]]d her. The Nazis were planning on killing her, but she avoided death. == Related pages == * [[Hugo Armann]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Irena Sendler}} {{Wikiquote}} * [https://www.pbs.org/programs/irena-sendler ''Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616101235/http://www.pbs.org/programs/irena-sendler/ |date=16 June 2017 }} ([[PBS]] documentary, first aired May 2011) * [http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/righteous-women/sendler.asp Irena Sendler] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115185414/http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/righteous-women/sendler.asp |date=2018-01-15 }}&nbsp;– Righteous Among the Nations&nbsp;– Yad Vashem * [http://historysheroes.e2bn.org/hero/4332 Irena Sendlerowa on History's Heroes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916010609/http://historysheroes.e2bn.org/hero/4332 |date=2015-09-16 }}&nbsp;– Illustrated story and timeline. * [http://www.irenas