Monday, July 28, 2008

Irena Sendler vs Al Gore


When I heard Irena Sendlers story..I was so moved that I wanted to post it....she was a brave and strong woman who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
There recently was a death of a 98 year-old lady named Irena. During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive' ... She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German.) Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger kids.) She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family. Most of course had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.
Here is a good Youtube video that explains in more detail what a great and good woman she was....



Guess who won the Peace Prize? not Irena, but Al Gore for his slide show presentation.

4 comments:

  1. What an amazing woman! Your story brought tears to my eyes. I can't imagine the torture she went through after she was caught (and the fear of being caught through the all the rescues). And Al Gore gets the Prize!?! It makes my blood boil. Talk about politics!!
    Patricia

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  2. I won't even go there about the justice in that decision but let's see - what the world calls evil is good and what is good is called evil - we got that from a more reliable source than Al Gore. Anyhow - thank you so much for sharing that story with us! What a wonderful story and like Patricia - I'm quite teary eyed.

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  3. Ugh, don't even get me started on that one.
    I'll just say "what an amazing woman" and leave it at that!

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  4. Hello my friend, how are you?
    Amiga Dani, tenho um desafio pra você lá no meu blog. Por favor, passe lá!
    Quanto a Irena, ela é maravilhosa e um exemplo para nós, não é mesmo?
    Ela é uma grande mulher!
    Um Abraço, espero sua visita, OK?

    Solange ( apelido: Sol)

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