Irena Sendler is known as the female Schindler especially in her homeland of Poland. Irena, along with a vast network of resistance members, are responsible for saving 2,500 children from Nazi occupied Warsaw during World War II. Irena’s father was a doctor who passed away when Irena was a child but not before instilling the importance of social work in his young daughter. While the timeline of their meeting is unclear Irena met a Jewish young man named Adam and fell in love sometime in […]
“Irena had wanted an adventure and, knowing that they were fighting against their oppressor, even if it was dangerous, made her feel alive.”
Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto by Tilar J. Mazzeo