Some children were taken out in gunnysacks or body bags.
Though she was the only one who knew the names and addresses of the families sheltering the Jewish children, she withstood the torture, that crippled her for life, refusing to betray either her associates or any of the Jewish children in hiding.
The good news: The Yad Vashem website had recently undergone a major upgrade! Irena Sendler was born as Irena Krzyżanowska on 15 February 1910 in Warsaw to Dr.
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