Irena Sendler The Remarkable Polish Woman Who Saved 2500 Children From Irena sendler was a polish social worker who during world war ii helped to rescue 2,500 jewish children from the warsaw ghetto. updated: apr 23, 2021 4:41 pm edt photo: stach antkowiak afp via. The young woman was 29 year old irena sendler, a polish catholic social worker who saved 2,500 jewish children from the nazis. unlike the names in the jar, which were unearthed soon after the nazis’ defeat, irena’s story and that of her fellow rescuers remained buried for nearly sixty years.
Unsung Hero The Incredible Story Of Irena Sendler Savior Of 2 500 Sendler with some people she saved as children, warsaw, 2005. photo by mariusz kubik, cc by 3.0. in this way, irena sendler and her friends were able to rescue an astonishing number of children from the warsaw ghetto: almost 2,500, to be exact. Vermont. between 1942 and 1943, sendler and her network of 10 compatriots rescued 2,500 jewish children from the warsaw ghetto. disguised as an infection control nurse, sendler knocked on doors in the ghetto, asking parents and grandparents to give up their children and grandchildren so that she could smuggle them out. The exact number of children she saved through this work is unknown, but estimates have ranged as high as 2,500. sendler was just 29 when the germans occupied warsaw at the beginning of ww2. she risked her life to gain access to the warsaw ghetto after it was sealed in november 1940, obtaining a permit to inspect sanitary conditions. On october 19, 1965, yad vashem recognized irena sendler as righteous among the nations. the tree planted in her honor stands at the entrance to the avenue of the righteous among the nations. the zegota activist who smuggled children out of the warsaw ghetto. arrested in oct 1943, and released in feb 1944, she continued her resistance activities.
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