Irena Sendler, a Polish wartime hero, dies at age 98

Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved more than 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust, has died at age 98:

http://nwe.pl/National.php?article_id=448

I saw that this morning :(
Respect.

Wieczny odpoczynek racz jej dać Panie,
A światłość wiekuista niechaj jej świeci na wieki wieków
Niech odpoczywa w pokoju wiecznym.

Amen

Sendlerowa is sometimes referred to as Poland's Schindler but I think that underestimates her a bit. Schindler used his influence and eventually money to save who he could but Sendlerowa achieved what she did at constant risk to her life and never had any ulterior motives. Also Schindler never had to survive a Nazi torture.

In time I think Sendlerowa will be better known and become the best known Pole associated with WW2.

RIP

Just a question : why do we see both Sendler and Sendlerowa ?.. Her real name is Sendler, isn't it ?...

after mariage she was Sender - Sendlerowa (Polish garmar) , before Krzyżanowska.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler

Thanks Lukasz, but...why is there a Polish version of her name ?... So, my Polish grandfather's name was John Newman... ;)

wife of Kowalski is Kowalska. Garmar.

Ok Sendler before mariage was Krzyżanowska to make some everything clear.

Oh ok :) Dzięki Luke.

Adam Eastern an English journalist who lives in Poland told me all about this lady. He got lots of her storey directly from her and he said that she scoffed at what Schindler did. Unfortunatly her children wouldnt let him publish her storey. It's a real shame because she was a real Polish hero who risked her own life time after time for no financial reward.

RIP