Polish social worker Irena Sendler, born on February 15, 1910, rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. She took a stand against cruelty and injustice - at great risk to her own life. Learn the facts about the Holocaust at www.AboutHolocaust.org | World Jewish Congress

Polish social worker Irena Sendler, born on this day in 1910, rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. She took a stand against cruelty and injustice - at great risk to her own life. Learn the facts about the Holocaust at www.AboutHolocaust.org | World Jewish Congress

Irena Sendler was a Polish Catholic social worker who smuggled nearly 2500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War Two. Her father a doctor who died treating poor Jewish patients inspired in her a deep sense of duty. Using her credentials she gained access under the guise of sanitary inspections. With her network they concealed children in ambulances on stretchers in large toolboxes sacks and even coffins and gave each new identities. She secretly buried the list of original na

Irena Sendler was one of the most remarkable - and most unlikely - heroes of World War II, saving 2500 Jewish children during the German occupation of Poland. At great personal risk, she devised extraordinary schemes to sneak the children by Nazi guards, bringing them out in ambulances, suitcases and even wheelbarrows. An emotional and powerful watch this Friday night at 8pm on Shine! | Shine TV