Irena Sendlers
Irena Sendlers was born on February 15, 1910, in Warsaw, Poland. She was born as Irena Krzyzanowska. Her parents were Dr. Stanislaw and Janina Krzyzanowska. She didn’t have any siblings. Later on, she had two children, a son, and a daughter. The daughter's name is Janka, she still lives in Warsaw, Poland. The son’s name was Adam, he died in 1999.
What She Studied Irena studied Polish literature at Warsaw University. At some universities, they had a ghetto-bench system. The ghetto-bench system was a form of segregation when seating students. Irena opposed of the ghetto-bench system at some prewar Polish universities. Irena was suspended from the University of Warsaw for three years.
When She Started Helping People As early as 1939, at the time the Germans invaded Warsaw, Irena started helping Jews by offering them food and shelter. When the Warsaw ghetto started in 1940 Irena could no longer help isolated Jews. When the Warsaw ghetto was formed Irena started helping orphan jews.
What She Did to Help Irena used papers as a …show more content…
Irena used the old courthouse on the edge of the Warsaw Ghetto as one of the main routes from smuggling children out. She rescued 2,500 Jewish children in Poland during World War 2. Irena and the ten who went with her to the ghetto had many different ways from smuggling children. The main ways are 1. Putting a child on a stretcher in an ambulance; 2. Escaping through the courthouse; 3. Escaping through a pipe or through other passages, underground; 3. A child could get in a sack, suitcase, or something similar to get them out; 4. A child could pretend to be sick or actually be sick then they could be legally removed by an ambulance. She used a dog on occasions but not often. The number of babies saved was small. “Irena and her network made sure that each family hiding a child realized the child must be returned to Jewish relatives after the war.”
Irena Sendlers was born on February 15, 1910, in Warsaw, Poland. She was born as Irena Krzyzanowska. Her parents were Dr. Stanislaw and Janina Krzyzanowska. She didn’t have any siblings. Later on, she had two children, a son, and a daughter. The daughter's name is Janka, she still lives in Warsaw, Poland. The son’s name was Adam, he died in 1999.
What She Studied Irena studied Polish literature at Warsaw University. At some universities, they had a ghetto-bench system. The ghetto-bench system was a form of segregation when seating students. Irena opposed of the ghetto-bench system at some prewar Polish universities. Irena was suspended from the University of Warsaw for three years.
When She Started Helping People As early as 1939, at the time the Germans invaded Warsaw, Irena started helping Jews by offering them food and shelter. When the Warsaw ghetto started in 1940 Irena could no longer help isolated Jews. When the Warsaw ghetto was formed Irena started helping orphan jews.
What She Did to Help Irena used papers as a …show more content…
Irena used the old courthouse on the edge of the Warsaw Ghetto as one of the main routes from smuggling children out. She rescued 2,500 Jewish children in Poland during World War 2. Irena and the ten who went with her to the ghetto had many different ways from smuggling children. The main ways are 1. Putting a child on a stretcher in an ambulance; 2. Escaping through the courthouse; 3. Escaping through a pipe or through other passages, underground; 3. A child could get in a sack, suitcase, or something similar to get them out; 4. A child could pretend to be sick or actually be sick then they could be legally removed by an ambulance. She used a dog on occasions but not often. The number of babies saved was small. “Irena and her network made sure that each family hiding a child realized the child must be returned to Jewish relatives after the war.”