Irena Sendler - who recently died at 98 years of age, was a 2008 Nobel PeacePrize NomineeDuring WWII, Irena was given permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as aplumbing/sewer specialist. She had an ulterior motive.Being German, Irena knew what the Nazi plan was for Jews. Irena smuggledout infants in the bottom of a tool box she carried in the back of hertruck. She used a burlap sack for bigger children. She also had a dog inthe back that she trained to bark when Nazi soldiers let her in and out ofthe ghetto. The soldiers wanted nothing to do with her dog. The barkingcovered noises of the infants and children.Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 infants and children, before shewas caught! The Nazi's broke both her legs and arms, and beat her severely.Irena kept a record in a jar buried under a tree in her back yard of all thechildren she smuggled out. After the war, she tried to locate all parentsthat may have survived to reunite families, but most had been gassed. Thechildren she could not reunite were placed with foster families or adopted.Irena was nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected.Al Gore won for a slide show on Global Warming.Help send this email around the world so that this 'noble' lady isremembered for her bravery.
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