Sendler Irena
- Sendlerowa, Irena, 1910-2008
- Sendler, Irena, 1910-2008
- Krzyżanowska, Irena 1910-2008
- Krzyżanowska, Irena Stanisława, 1910-2008
- Sendlerowa, Irena
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Dates of Existence
15/02/1910
12/05/2008
History
Social worker and an active member in the Polish underground organisation Żegota (Council for Aid to Jews). Smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto providing them with false identity and housing outside the Ghetto. 1965 Righteous Among the Nations.
Places
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw, Poland
Sources
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / ed. I. Gutman. - New York : Macmillan, 1990. - v. 3/4, p. 1339