In Memory of Irena
Sendler
Irena Sendler, under the pretext
of conducting inspections of sanitary conditions during a typhoid
outbreak, Sendler visited the ghetto and smuggled out babies and
small children in ambulances and trams, sometimes disguising them
as packages
The children were placed with
Polish families, the Warsaw orphanage of the Sisters of the Family
of Mary or Roman Catholic convents such as the Sisters Little
Servants of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Mary[6] at
Turkowice and Chotomów. Some were smuggled to priests in parish
rectories where they could be further hidden. She hid lists of
their names in jars, in order to keep track of their original and
new identities. Zegota assured the children that, when the war was
over, they must be returned to Jewish relatives
The
life of Irena Sendler was one of great testimony, one of courage
and love, one of respect for all people, regardless of race,
religion and creed.
Irena Sendlerowa led the rescue of
2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust
in World War II. She was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace
Prize. Her legacy of repairing the world continues, as good
continues to triumph over evil. Irena Sendlerowa was 98 years
old when she died./p>
I have printed some pictures of her
and placed them in the cache. Be sure to look through them after
you find the cache.
Here
are some of the childrens names she helped save:
Josef (Janek) Szlajfaztajn born on March 7, 1941 in Sandomierz,
Poland.Ewa (Ajzner) Dimentsztein born on December 12, 1920 in
Przedborz, Poland Nathan Zygrajcz Marta Kupfermann born April 26,
1928, in Rastolica, Romania Nili Ruchana Miedzinski born November
9, 1945 Joseph Harmatz born January 23, 1925 in Rokiskis, Lithuania
Joseph Schadur born April 23, 1928 in Riga, Latvia Emanuele
Pacifici born on June 15, 1931 Shlomo Weinberger born January 25,
1926 in Mukachevo Edith Rebecca Vromen(b. Dec. 25, 1918 Evelyne
Juliette Weisz born in Paris in 1939 Klara Krausz, born on
(1924-1986) Hena Kohn born February 1, 1929 in Lodz Ivar Segalowitz
born on August 17, 1930 in Klaipeda, Lithuania Fajga (Fanny)
Orenbuch Aizenberg born on December 3, 1916 in Lodz Poland MANYA
MOSZKOWICZ Born Chmielnik, Poland December 30,
1925 |