Irena Sendler - Wikipedia
Irena Stanisława Sendler (née Krzyżanowska), also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, nom de guerre Jolanta (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008), [1] was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw.
Warsaw march commemorates doctors, nurses who worked in ghetto
Jul 25, 2016 · WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Some 700 people marched through the streets of Warsaw to remember the doctors, nurses and other health care workers who gave aid to Jewish ghetto residents during the World...
Women's Health in the Ghettos of Eastern Europe
Two nurses in the Warsaw Ghetto weigh a baby. Courtesy of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. In addition to amenorrhea, the women of the Lodz ghetto developed a strong desire not to bear children in such a cruel and unstable world, according to Michal Unger.
Medical Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto - The Times of Israel
Apr 19, 2020 · Luba Bielicka Blum (1906 – 1973) was Director of the Nursing School in the Warsaw Ghetto. She attended the Czyste Hospital Nursing School in Warsaw and was active in the Bund.
Irena Sendler - The Nurse Who Saved Jewish Children - IFCJ
Aug 15, 2022 · When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, Irena began aiding Warsaw’s Jews. She first helped create more than 3,000 false documents to help Jews avoid persecution – or worse – by the Nazi occupiers.
Irena Sendler, the Humanitarian Angel of WW2 - Historic Mysteries
Sep 27, 2022 · The Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 saw the Jewish community imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto. Irena Sendler, a Polish nurse, was able to help thousands escape.
The Polish Woman Who Helped Save 2,500 Children From the Warsaw Ghetto
Dec 23, 2024 · Irena Sendler risked her life to rescue thousands of young Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, who were going to be sent to Treblinka.
March in Warsaw commemorates ghetto doctors, nurses
WARSAW, Poland — Some 700 people marched through the streets of Warsaw to commemorate those who worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as doctors, nurses and other medical personnel, …
The Doctors Of The Warsaw Ghetto - The Times of Israel
Dec 27, 2022 · Surviving doctors and nurses continued working as best they could, but healthcare in the ghetto ended with the uprising, which was brutally suppressed by the Germans.
Biography of Irena Sendlerowa, Polish nurse - Salient Women
Jun 9, 2020 · Biography of Irena Sendlerowa, Polish Catholic nurse and social worker, who during World War II, risking her own life, helped and saved more than 2,500 Jewish children condemned to be victims of the Holocaust. Irena Sendlerowa was born in Warsaw on February 15, 1910.