“Female Schindler” passes away…at 98
May 14, 2008
Rest in God’s peace, good lady:
Irene Sendler, known to many as the “female Schindler”, rescued children and babies imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, smuggling them out in bags, or through the sewers, and hiding them with friendly families around Warsaw.
Donning a Star of David armband used by the Nazis to mark out Jews, she passed incognito in the ghetto to organise the escape plans.
She was eventually arrested by the Gestapo, tortured and condemned to death.
But members of 20-strong secret organisation managed to bribe a guard so she could escape. She lived for another 65 years.
This woman was a hero many times over, and some reports credit her with saving as many as 2,500 Jewish children, often times by ways and means that involved putting herself in considerable danger.
May she be triumphantly welcomed into God’s glorious kingdom!
