Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
May Her Memory be a Blessing
Irena Sendler, a Polish Righteous Gentile, passed away this Monday at the age of 98. She and those she organized saved over 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, using her position as a social worker to gain access to the Ghetto and its inhabitants. I was particularly moved by her words:
"Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no
longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory," Sendler said in
2007 in a letter to the Polish Senate after lawmakers honored her efforts in 2007.
AP Article: Polish Holocaust hero dies at age 98 - Yahoo! News
"Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no
longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory," Sendler said in
2007 in a letter to the Polish Senate after lawmakers honored her efforts in 2007.
AP Article: Polish Holocaust hero dies at age 98 - Yahoo! News
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