Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler: A Polish nurse and child hero! (The Sunrises Blog)

Our hero is Irena Sendler, a Polish nurse that worked in the Warsaw Ghetto. She was born in Poland on February 15, 1910, but passed away May 12, 2008. During World War II she saved many Jewish children’s lives, and after the war she lived a long and happy life. The Holocaust killed six million Jews, but Irena saved 2,500 of the Jewish children. She smuggled them all out of the Warsaw Ghetto and sheltered them in homes all over Poland. Irena Sendler has successfully completed many heroic deeds in her life, but the saving of Jewish children was her biggest. It was especially turbulent during that time because of the merciless Nazis who slaughtered many Jewish civilians in Europe. Irena Sendler did not even fit in the criteria, as any of the Nazi party’s enemies, nor did she even have to care about the people that were slaughtered during the time. In fact, the penalty for aiding the people who were to be persecuted were put to death (Bulow, Louis).

Our team thinks this is the most selfless deed that we have ever seen. Irena Sendler stands out as a hero because during this time there were only a few people that were willing to risk their lives for these persecuted people. Many of the people that helped the Jewish people had very respectable backgrounds and were able to give up much for the sake of the mistreated populace. With all due respect, we are not saying that those people with good backgrounds are not considered heroes. The point we are trying to make is that Irena Sendler was not a very rich person, and even with her means she was able to make a difference, in a world where the entity of difference is ostracized (Irena Sendler).

Irena Sendler was a real life hero, and deserves to be recognized throughout the world. She is important to us because she has inspired us to help other people in need. By reading about her online and in books, she has made us recognize that everyone should be treated as equal, and no one race should be discriminated against. Irena has and continues to make a difference in our life, even though she has passed. Her story has been spread amongst people for many years, and will keep on living in the future to come.