Irena Sendler: Warsaw Rescuer

It’s fair to say WWII and the Holocaust is one of the darkest eras in global history. But, as so often happens, the worst times can also bring out the best in some.

Take Irena Sendler, for example.

A social worker, Sendler was also a bona fide rescuer, carrying out 2,500 Jewish people from inside the increasingly desperate Warsaw ghetto.

In this episode, you’ll hear about how Irena smuggled the children out in inventive ways, how she evaded execution at the hands of the Nazis, and her thoughts on heroism.

She saved 2,500 people and thought it was normal.

Have a listen and ask yourself, how do you define a hero?

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Audio clips thanks to:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=she+is+the+mother+i+never+had+oprah 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pviYWzu0dzk&feature=emb_logo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ObDKKW-sn8

Here's where Erin did her research:

'100 Nasty Women in History' by Hannah Jewell

https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-camps/the-warsaw-ghetto-a-case-study/conditions-inside-the-warsaw-ghetto

https://www.britannica.com/event/Warsaw-Uprising

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler

https://irenasendler.org/facts-about-irena/

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