Posted on 05/22/2008 5:09:59 PM PDT by antonia
In Memory of Irena Sendlerowa 1910-2008
Irena Sendler passed away on Monday May 12th, 2008 at 8:00 am CEST in Warsaw, Poland. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 15th at noon CEST in Warsaw. Memorial services are planned in numerous places, including Fort Scott, KS.
The life of Irena Sendler was one of great testimony, one of courage and love, one of respect for all people, regardless of race, religion and creed. She passed away peacefully, knowing that her message goes on. Our hearts and prayers go out to her worldwide family. She is gone, but will never be forgotten. Born in Warsaw, Poland, she live most of her young life in Otwock. Irena Sendlerowa led the rescue of 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust in World War II. She was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (which was given to Al Gore instead ~ me). Her legacy of repairing the world continues, as good continues to triumph over evil. Irena Sendlerowa was 98 years old.
The www.irenasendler.org web site tells more about Irena's life (under home page and additional information). The Life in a Jar students who brought her story to worldwide attention, continue to share her legacy and the play (Life in a Jar) to people all over the world.
see a more detailed obituary at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1950450/Irena-Sendler.html
Thank you for posting that address - I just saw the interview on the Glenn Beck show here on the west coast and enjoyed the young representative who was so enthused about the group and its work...
I was surprised because there is so little written or spoken about this heroine of our past - and was stunned she actually LOST the award of the most recent Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore - can there be any comparison between the work of the two???
And I was just getting over being PO’d over Gore's Nobel Prize. To know that it could have gone to a person who deserved it makes me angry all over again.
A great woman! May her memory live forever.
“In 2005 Irena Sendler reflected: “We who were rescuing children are not some kind of heroes. That term irritates me greatly. The opposite is true – I continue to have qualms of conscience that I did so little. I could have done more. This regret will follow me to my death.”
Yes, I just saw it here on the East coast.
Katherine
http://www.jenerette.org
The Life in a Jar group started as a class project of a school in Kansas. Great work that has continued through the years.
Check out the site to find a presentation near you.
Thank you for that quote from that courageous woman. Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize should be rescended and at least awarded to this good, good woman posthumously. Shame, shame!
RIP.
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