Ashton Leininger Ms. Bauer English Language Arts Period 15 March 2023 Irena Sendler: Long Forgotten WWll Hero Irena Sendler, a long forgottenlong a forgotten World War IIWWll hero, and saved 400 children from the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland (Mayer). What would happen If Irena never saved those children, she would have never been seen as a hero and all of those children's lives would have been lost. In one of her quotes, she said, “I was taught by my father that if someone is drowning you don't ask if they can swim, you just jump in and help”. Irena Sendler Smuggled and saved thousands of children out of the Warsaw Ghetto. Irena Sendler and her life throughout the years. To begin, I will be talking about her younger life. She was born in Otwock, …show more content…
They saw her name in a newspaper and did some research and found out more about her. She was forgotten for 60 years. So the Kansas girls made a trip overdown to Warsaw, Poland using money from selling candy bars. They found out a lot about her and the things she did. Irena Sendler and what she did in World War II to begin, Irena joined the force called the Zogota. They saved 2,500 children by smuggling them and saving them from ghettos and Poland. herself saved 400 children. The Germans were on to her and her activities so they arrested her and tortured her but she wouldn't say anything to them. When it came to her execution day her team bribed the guards to open the gate and let her escape, after she escaped she kept saving children (Editors, The famous people.com). World War II was a traumatic event in the world and it affected so many people, mostly Jews. Even though that was happening Irena Sendler was there helping and saving children and putting herself at risk. Irena Sendler was forgotten for 60 years. That was until people found out about her and once again revealed her to the world telling her story. She saved 2,500 children in total Including Zogota, Zogota was an organization to help Jews mostly kids. They would change their names to smuggle them out of the ghettos and hide them. This matters so much because without Irena's Sendler there all those kids would have died. To make sure this doesn't