Irena Sendler

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• Irena Sendler Essay

  ...Irena Sendler smuggled many Jewish children out of a ghetto in World War II. Sendler got 2,500 children out of the ghetto, which means she had to go back into that terrible place many times. Irena Sendler should have won the Nobel Peace Prize for her heroism, bravery, and for her impact on history. Irena was born in Warsaw on February 15, 1910, but her and her family later moved to Otwock, a town with a big Jewish community. Her father was a doctor and when an epidemic broke out he cared for mostly Jewish patients. He later caught the disease from one of his patients and died. Irena was taught very young that there was nothing different in between her and the Jewish community. When Irena moved back to Warsaw she enrolled at Warsaw University where there were strict rules about separating the Jewish from the non-Jewish students. They were not allowed to sit together in class or out of class. Irena refused these rules and she was suspended for one year. This was the beginning of her going against the separation of Jews. Her parents taught her that if a man is drowning, it is irrelevant what is his religion or nationality. One must help him. The Nazis invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. Not long after that approximately 450,000 Jews, about 30 percent of Warsaw’s population, were crammed into a tiny section of the city and barricaded behind...

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• Essay about Irena Sendler

  ...Accomplishments of Irena Sendler I. A father once told his seven year old daughter Irena, “If you see someone drowning you must try to rescue them, even if you cannot swim” (DuBord, 2013). These words formed the foundation of Irena Sendler’s being and later the force behind her heroic actions during the Holocaust. A. I’m sure all of you at some point have read about the Holocaust. It was one of the world’s largest war related tragedies. It is vital to be knowledgeable about our history’s’ events. Do you know who some of the people were during this time that really made a difference? As a history lover myself, I have delved into the Holocausts’ history and found the story of an astonishing woman, Irena. B. Irena Sendler’s heroic actions saved the lives of 2,500 children during the horrific times in WW2 when the Germans invaded Poland. [Transition: Irena’s occupation and work experience influenced her future position in assisting and aiding people who occupied the concentration camps] II. Irena’s education and work experience gave her the opportunity not only to work as a social and welfare worker for Poland’s low income families, but to be able to forge documents to save Jewish lives. (Hayes, 2007) A. A few days after the city’s surrender to the Nazis, Irena starts to help the Jewish people through the department. She makes up family names and tells the...

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• Essay on Irena Sendler

  ...live!" the mother cries desperately after her. She turns for a moment. "I can't promise that. But I can promise that if he stays with you, he will die." Irena Sendler is a heroic woman to say the least. Sendler was born February 15, 1910, in Otwock, a small town southeast of Warsaw, Poland. She was an only child of Catholic parents who devoted much of their lives to help Jewish workers. Her parents raised her to respect and love people regardless of their ethnicity or social status. She was especially influenced by her father, a doctor who defied anti-Semites by treating sick Jews during outbreaks of typhoid fever. Her father died of the disease when Sendler was 9. The last words her dying father told her “If someone is drowning in a river, you must jump in and try to save them, even if you cannot swim”. Even before the war, Irena had strong loyalties towards Jews. In the 1930s, at Warsaw University, she stood up for her Jewish friends. Jews were forced to sit separately from "Aryan" students. One day, Irena went to sit on the Jewish side of the room. When the teacher told her to move, she answered, "I'm Jewish today." She was expelled immediately. Decades later, under Communist rule, she was considered a subversive; her son and daughter were refused entry into Warsaw University. During the time of the war, Irena was a senior administrator in the Warsaw Social Welfare...

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