Saturday, May 17, 2008

A TRIBUTE TO IRENA SENDLER

Very little has been said of Irena Sendler, the World War II Christian Saint, until recently so I decided I would honor her by mentioning her and her life sacrificing works here. She indeed fulfilled the law of Christ, giving herself and her very life to others so that they may live, knowing that any moment her very own life could be taken from her by the Nazi Gestapo.

A New Commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you ae my disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:34,35.

Well done, good and faithful servant, Irena.

Righteous Among the Nations award recepient and rescuer of 2,500 Jewish ghetto children in Warsaw, Irena Sendler has been laid to rest at 98 years of age. Story Here

IRENA'S CHILDREN

WARSAW (Reuters) - Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War Two by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, died in the Polish capital on Monday after a long illness, local media said.Israel's Holocaust remembrance authority, Yad Vashem, said in a statement that it mourned her death.The web portal of Poland's leading daily, Gazeta Wyborcza, said Sendler, 98, died in Plocka Street hospital early on Monday. The hospital declined to comment on the report.Yad Vashem chairman Avner Shalev said: "Irena Sendler's courageous activities rescuing Jews during the Holocaust serve as a beacon of light to the world, inspiring hope and restoring faith in the innate goodness of mankind."Using her position as a social worker, Sendler regularly entered the ghetto, smuggling around 2,500 children out in boxes, suitcases or hidden in trolleys. continued here
For more on Irena Sendler, watch this inspiring short video clip.



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