Rest In Peace Irena Sendler
Back some time ago I saw the story of Irena Sendler on The Today Show. Her story touched me so much that I wrote her name on my kitchen white board, fully intending on looking her up when I got a chance. Months went by but her name remained until one day last month I decided to google.
The first result I viewed was on Wikipedia and despite the fact that I had read the page, the tab remained open for a long time. I wanted to write about her in my blog so I kept the tab open as a reminder. Today I clicked on the tab and decided to google her again to see if there were any books about her. Much to my dismay, at the top of my Google results I learned that Irena Sendler died today in Warsaw, Poland at the age of 98. While she lived a long life, my heart still sank at the news. The world lost a special woman today.
Rest in peace, Irena. You made this world a better place and despite the fact that you believed otherwise, you are still a hero and a saint in my eyes.
Additional links about Irena Sendler:
- Irena Sendler at YadVashem.org
- SavingJews.org
- Irena Sendler at HolocaustForgotten.com
- IrenaSendler.org Project
- Holocaust Rescuers Bibliography
- “Irena Sendler for Nobel Peace Prize” initiative
- Pole who saved WWII Jews honoured, BBC News Online, 14 March 2007
- I’m no hero, says woman who saved 2,500 ghetto children, Guardian Online, 15 March 2007
- (German) Dank an Irena Sendler, German TV report, 29 May 2007
- (German) Schindlers unbekannte Schwester, Der Spiegel online
