THE PRIZE doesn't always go to the most deserving.
Let us never forget! IRENA SENDLER who died recently. She was 98 years old.
During WWII, Irena got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.
She had an 'ulterior motive'. She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews (being German).
Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried, and in the back of her truck she carried a burlap sack (for larger kids). She also had a dog in the back, that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.
During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out, and kept those names in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.
After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family. Most had been gassed. Those kids that she helped, got placed into foster family homes, or were adopted.
In 2007, Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize.
She was not selected. Al Gore won --- for a slide show on Global Warming.
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.
THIS PASSOVER WE ARE SHARING THIS STORY in memory of the 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, 6 million Jews and 1,900 Catholic priests, who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated by Hitler and the Nazis. Now, more than ever, with people and countries claiming the HOLOCAUST to be 'a myth',it is imperative to make sure the world NEVER forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again. We hope this story will reach 40 million people worldwide! LEST WE FORGET!