Irena Sendler Hero

In 1933, the unimaginable happened. In 1933, Adolf Hitler was elected the leader of Germany. Adolf Hitler started going after certain groups of people. He started with the Jews. 12 million people died, 6 million of them were Jewish. However, there was some people that stood up to the Jews, those people are heroes. One of those heroes was Irena Sendler.

Irena Sendler was a polish girl born in 1910(3). She grew up in in Otwock, Poland, which was fifteen miles southeast of Warsaw(1). Her dad was a doctor, but one day he was treating a patient with typhus, a contagious disease, and he got infected himself (1). Irena's dad died when she was only seven, soon after he was infected with typhus (1).

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The Gestapo broke her feet and legs, but even under torture she gave up nothing. Irena was sentenced to death, but fortunately but a member of Zegota bribed one of the Germans to stop it (1).

As soon as the Holocaust was over, Irena dug up the jars and helped the 2,500 children she saved find their families again. Unfortunately, most of the children's family died in the Holocaust (2).

Irena played an important role in the Holocaust. And because of her bravery during the Holocaust, Irena had a play written about her called, "Life in a Jar" (2). Irena was also awarded the White Eagle in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, November 10, 2003 (1). Even after Irena won that award and had "Life in a Jar" written about her she said, "I could have done more," she said. "This regret will follow me to my death." (1). Irena died May 12, 2008 (2).

In conclusion, Irena Sendler was a hero of the Holocaust, because she gave all the children in the Warsaw Ghetto concentration camp, hope. She did something that many people today wouldn’t even think about. Irena risked her life, to save another, even when she knew that this could result in