Irena Sendler, Polish unsung heroine, died Monday at the age of 98 (stories here, here and here; HT: Whispers in the Loggia). She was a social worker in Warszawa when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. Soon after the invasion and occupation of Warszawa, the Nazis set up a walled-off ghetto within the city limits. [...]
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Irena Sendler dies at 98
Posted in Religion, personal, society on May 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »