This is Irena Sendler, who died aged 98. She was a plumber in the Warsaw ghetto. She saved 2,500 infants and children by smuggling them out in her toolbox and van. She kept a list of their names in a glass jar under a tree in her garden and after the war tried to reunite them with relatives. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize the year it was awarded to Al Gore - not a bad bloke of course but not someone who actually put his life on the line for peace like Irena. She was German - I think Irena means peace (I checked that with Bob because his mum had the same name).
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And she was a plumber ...
thanks for posting this
Male US democrats obviously have more chance of getting the Nobel peace prize than most ...
an extraordinary story - I love tehdetail of tha jam jar
Al Gore isn't worthy to walk in this lady's shadow.
She was a true hero! Yet history will probably favor the remembrance of Al Gore over that of Irena. Thank you for doing your part to make the world aware of its true heroes -- especially those who never receive the recognition they deserve!
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