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Discrimination Against Irena Sendler Could someone ever have the courage to save over 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust? One women, Irena Sendler, did have the courage to do this. She rescued many Jewish children from Concentration Camps. She was eventually discovered and tortured for what she did, but despite the hate, she survived. Irena Sendler was inspired to do what she did, faced discrimination against her, saved many Jewish Children using different techniques, and had a lasting impact on the world.
Irena Sendler’s family helped inspire her to take actions against discrimination during the Holocaust. According to Biography Reference Bank, Irena, “grew up in a home marked by openness and acceptance of all people. Her father was …show more content…

Cohen adds, “she was...to be executed… [then]...as the line of inmates were being led to their execution, an SS officer stepped forward and said ‘not you’...he took her through a different door...he had been bribed by Zegota. Since her name was on the execution list she no longer existed” (Cohen 1). Cohen goes on to tell the reader that Irena was miraculously saved by an officer who spared her life. He was bribed to keep her alive, and since she was on the execution list it seemed like she was no longer alive. If the officer hadn’t saved her life, she would’ve died from the discrimination she faced for being a hero during the …show more content…

This source explains that Sendler as well as other coworkers “provided unofficial aid to Jewish people. By October 1941...all Jews were living in a walled-in ghetto and were forbidden to leave...Sendler...received a special permit, and under the guise of being a nurse, she smuggled in clothing, money, medicines, food, and false documents...[also] people out of the ghetto and move them to places of safety” ("Irena Sendler" 1). This evidence explains what Irena did during the Holocaust to try and save people’s lives. It also shows that she took on the disguise of being a nurse and brought them to safety, as well as smuggling in necessary items. Irena was successful of saving Jewish children by using different tactics and being sneaky with her

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