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Irena Stanisława Sendler
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Irena_Sendlerowa_1942.jpg/220px-Irena_Sendlerowa_1942.jpg) Irena Sendler in 1942
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Born
| 15 February 1910
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Died
| May 12, 2008
(2008-05-12)
(aged 98)
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Occupation(s)
| Nurse
,
Social worker
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Irena Stanisława Sendler
(15 February 1910 ? 12 May 2008) was a
nurse
and
social worker
in
Warsaw
, Poland. During
World War II
, when Poland was occupied by
Nazis
, she took about 2,500 Jewish children out of Poland with help from other members of the
?egota
(
pl
) (The Polish Council to Aid Jews).
[1]
She was caught, and the Nazis
tortured
her.
The Nazis were planning on killing her, but she avoided death.
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